Principal Engineer (Environments)

Bank of New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing

Flexible working

Generous leave

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand is seeking a Principal Engineer for a Wellington-based fixed-term engagement through September 2028. You will apply analysis, design, programming, and testing skills to deliver software systems while guiding projects and teams in alignment with enterprise architecture.

Ideal candidates have senior engineering experience in banking, collaboration across architecture and security teams, and a track record of delivering robust, scalable solutions with modern tooling and patterns.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing project and software requirements within complex banking environments.
• Proven ability to guide junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Strong emphasis on delivering secure, high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis of project and software requirements as part of work packages.
• Provide supervision and guidance to designated junior Software Engineers.
• Assist in preparing project proposals and identify design areas with patent potential.
• Undertake integration planning and software build definition tasks.
• Act as technology authority for short- or long-term planning and policy recommendations.

Skills

AWS

Spring Boot

Configuration Management

CI/CD deployment patterns

Design patterns

Security and compliance

Architecture collaboration

Leadership & mentoring

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OpenShift

Dynatrace

Splunk

Kafka

MQ

Job description

Maximum Term/Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions though our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. No two days are the same.

The Principal Engineer will be responsible for applying effective analysis, design, programming and testing skills to produce software systems, assisting with the technical direction of projects.

This is a Wellington based fixed-term opportunity through to September 2028.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

We sat down with the People Leader (who you would report to) and they told us the following about the role:

What are 5 day-to-day tasks the person in this role will complete?

• Conducting analysis of project and software requirements as part of specific assigned work packages (more difficult than those of a Software/Design Engineer), in accordance with designated standards of methodology, style and quality.
• Providing first hand supervision and guidance to designated lower-level Software Engineers on assigned activities.
• Assisting in the preparation of project proposals and identifying areas of design that have potential to be patented.
• Undertaking assigned integration planning and software building definition tasks.
• May act as technology authority in short or long-term planning, making recommendations on technical policies within an overall program.

What is the team culture and environment like?

This team operates in a collaborative and supportive environment where knowledge sharing, technical excellence, and continuous improvement are highly valued. Team members work closely together to solve complex problems, contribute ideas, and support each other's professional growth. There is a strong focus on quality, innovation, and delivering outcomes in line with established engineering standards.

What projects / work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?

The successful candidate will contribute to the design, development, testing, and integration of software solutions for the CLR project.

Having worked on a similar project in a banking environment will be advantageous.

What technical skills are required for this role?

• AWS, Spring Boot, Configuration Management, Design patterns, CICD deployment patterns, Terraform, Ansible, Openshift, Dynatrace, Splunk, MQ, Kafka
• Work with other Principal Engineers, Platform Leads and developers to ensure solutions are cohesive and solve our customers problems.
• Proactively collaborate with security teams to ensure solutions adhere to organisational security policies and compliance requirements.
• Work closely with architecture teams to align strategies with overall enterprise architecture.
• Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders to advocate for and support the pillars across Engineering domain.
• Communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders and junior team members.
• Ability to develop software designs coding and testing according to specific work packages and project needs, in accordance with designated company standards of methodology, style and quality.
• Originating, using and promoting the creation and maintenance of company coding and design standards.
• Performing technical tasks, including unit test functions, as required, to support the internal quality and control arrangements as defined by company policy and project requirements.

What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role?

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and collaborate with a range of stakeholders.
• Initiative and a proactive approach to identifying improvements and technical solutions.
• Leadership capability, including mentoring and guiding less experienced engineers.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of quality, design, and software engineering practice.

Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand

This is an exciting opportunityto join us! We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready tojoin a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way'.

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, ... - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.

Closing Date: 26 August 2026

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.