Senior Software Engineer

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

Job summary

Transpower invites a senior Application Services professional to lead enterprise application delivery and integrations. You will mentor engineers, shape solution design, and drive secure, reliable production systems across SaaS, COTS and custom builds.

You’ll collaborate with analysts, architects and operations to deliver features and platform upgrades while embracing modern DevOps, APIs, and low-code workflow automation in a dynamic energy sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive analysis, design and programming experience (5 to 10 years+).
• Experience leading delivery of application development work and mentoring other engineers.
• Hands-on experience delivering and supporting SaaS, COTS, low-code and custom-built business applications.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps toolchains (CI/CD), configuration management, and working with production systems.
• Strong understanding of integration concepts, including APIs, data flows and interfaces between enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of new features, enhancements, platform changes and lifecycle upgrades across a varied application portfolio.
• Develop, configure, enhance and operate enterprise applications across custom, low-code, SaaS and COTS technology stacks.
• Build robust backend services and APIs using Java / Spring Boot or similar technologies.
• Deliver workflow, automation and case-management solutions using platforms such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, Microsoft Power Platform or similar.
• Connect enterprise applications via APIs, integration services and pragmatic interface patterns.
• Monitor and improve production applications with reliability, logging, performance and incident response.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, Principal Engineers, other Engineers, platform owners and Operations teams.

Skills

Analysis & design

Mentoring engineers

APIs & integrations

CI/CD & DevOps

Production systems support

Java / Spring Boot

Security & reliability

Tools

ServiceNow

Salesforce

Power Platform

Job description

Lead enterprise application delivery and integrations at Transpower. Deliver quality software outcomes in a growing energy sector. Mentor engineers and uplift integration and delivery practice. Transpower is the commercially focused and regulated State-Owned Enterprise that owns and operates the National Grid. At the very heart of the energy sector, we transport electricity from where it is generated to large electricity users and the distribution companies who deliver it to homes and businesses nationwide.

To play an active role in decarbonising the economy and reducing emissions through accelerated electrification, we continue to improve, accelerate, and scale. Our future will bring rapidly growing demand for clean energy, new technology, more complex power flows, and changing customer and consumer expectations. It is a particularly interesting and exciting time to work in the energy sector.

About the team

Our Application Services team, in our award-winning ICT division, helps ensure that electricity is delivered to all New Zealanders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by maintaining and evolving complex critical IT systems. The business domain we work within ensures there are always new and interesting challenges to tackle and that the work we do matters — electricity is essential to our economy, our health system and the wellbeing of our citizens.

As a team we have been changing at a rapid pace, using new technologies to engineer modern web and mobile applications, intelligent AI/ML-embedded automation to streamline workflows and functions, and adopting open-source software and DevOps methodologies to accelerate product delivery.

You will be joining an experienced and high-performing team who care about their customers and their work. This is a role where you can truly make a positive impact on our people, organisation and industry.

About the Opportunity

As a senior member of the Application Services Development team, you’ll be hands‑on in developing, configuring, enhancing and operating enterprise applications that support important business processes across Transpower.

You’ll contribute to solution design and continuous improvement of our engineering standards, helping ensure our applications are secure, maintainable, reliable and fit for purpose in production.

With a strong focus on enterprise application delivery, you’ll lead the technical delivery of new features, enhancements, platform changes and lifecycle upgrades across a varied application portfolio. This may include custom development, low‑code configuration, workflow automation, APIs and integrations between SaaS, COTS and on‑premise systems.

You’ll work closely with Business Analysts, Architects, Principal Engineers, other Engineers, platform owners and Operations teams to deliver practical, supportable outcomes. This role also includes periodic third‑level support and maintenance activities to keep important services running smoothly.

Requirements

• Extensive analysis, design and programming experience (5 to 10 years+)
• Experience leading delivery of application development work and mentoring other engineers
• Hands‑on experience delivering and supporting SaaS, COTS, low‑code and custom‑built business applications
• Hands‑on experience with DevOps toolchains (CI/CD), configuration management, and working with production systems
• Strong understanding of integration concepts, including APIs, data flows and interfaces between enterprise systems

Senior‑level capability across the following areas

• Designing, developing, configuring and supporting enterprise applications across custom, low‑code, SaaS and COTS technology stacks
• Building robust backend services and APIs where custom development is required, for example Java / Spring Boot or similar technologies
• Delivering workflow, form, automation and case‑management solutions using platforms such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, Microsoft Power Platform or similar
• Connecting enterprise applications using APIs, integration services and pragmatic interface patterns
• Working with application data and persistence, including relational databases and data migration or data quality considerations
• Designing and operating production applications with a reliability mindset, including monitoring, logging, performance and incident response
• Modern delivery practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, build/release discipline and environment management
• Secure software development and engineering quality, including peer review, threat‑aware design, maintainability and managing technical debt
• Leadership behaviours, including mentoring and coaching, clear technical communication and constructive collaboration with stakeholders

Why you should join us

We stand together for New Zealand — Tū mai Aotearoa — to enable a 100% renewable energy future.

As an equal opportunity employer, we embrace diversity. Our people are made up of over 28 nationalities which makes for a dynamic and stimulating environment.

Our benefits include a range of health and lifestyle options to support your wellbeing.

Next Steps

Applications close: Tuesday 25th August 2026.

Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received, and exploratory conversations / interviews may be scheduled for shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date. Please note we may progress to offer ahead of the current proposed closing date — please do not delay your application.

Full and existing New Zealand work eligibility is required.