Principal Software Engineer | Lead Critical NZ Grid Apps

Marketplace; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent employee benefits

Hybrid working

Flexible leave

Job summary

Transpower is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Wellington to provide technical leadership across application development, integrations and engineering practices. You will guide design, development and lifecycle management of critical systems, mentor engineers and drive DevOps and secure development.

You will collaborate with architects, vendors and multidisciplinary teams to deliver scalable, reliable software that underpins New Zealand’s electricity sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software analysis, design and development.
• Experience leading application development initiatives and building engineering capability.
• Strong expertise in Java and modern Spring frameworks.
• Experience with DevOps toolchains, CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and large-scale system integration.
• Knowledge and practice using AI-assisted tools across the lifecycle.
• Experience providing technical leadership across projects and environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and best practice.
• Experience working with enterprise stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Leading design, development and lifecycle management of business-critical apps and integrations.
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers across the team.
• Driving continuous improvement of tools, standards, processes and practices.
• Championing DevOps, automation, secure development and agile delivery.
• Collaborating with architects and solution designers to deliver robust solutions.
• Supporting reliability and performance of systems underpinning the electricity sector.
• Partnering with vendors and delivery partners to enhance engineering capability.

Skills

Java

Spring Frameworks

DevOps

CI/CD

Software architecture

Leadership

REST APIs

AWS/Azure

Enterprise integration

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

Transpower is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Wellington to provide technical leadership across application development, integrations and engineering practices. You will guide design, development and lifecycle management of critical systems, mentor engineers and drive DevOps and secure development.

You will collaborate with architects, vendors and multidisciplinary teams to deliver scalable, reliable software that underpins New Zealand’s electricity sector.