Principal Software Engineer – Hybrid, Lead Critical Systems

Transpower New Zealand; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Transpower New Zealand is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across application development, integration services and software engineering practices. This hands-on role covers the full lifecycle from requirements through deployment and improvement.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction and champion modern development, DevOps and cloud practices while collaborating with architects, vendors and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure solutions for

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software analysis, design and development.
• Experience leading application development initiatives.
• Strong Java and Spring framework expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and lifecycle management of critical applications.
• Provide technical leadership across projects.
• Support DevOps, automation and secure development.
• Collaborate with architects, vendors and teams.

Skills

Senior software leadership

Java & Spring

DevOps & CI/CD

Enterprise integration

AI in SDLC

Stakeholder engagement

Software architecture

Team mentoring

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Azure

PostgreSQL

Neo4j

Job description

Transpower New Zealand is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across application development, integration services and software engineering practices. This hands-on role covers the full lifecycle from requirements through deployment and improvement.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction and champion modern development, DevOps and cloud practices while collaborating with architects, vendors and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure solutions for