We’re Hiring Principal Software Engineer

• Develop, enhance & support mission critical systems
• Stable work environment – growth sector
• Excellent employee benefits

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 teamOur 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 / mobile applications, intelligent AI/ML embedded automation to streamline workflows and functions, 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 OpportunityAs a key member of the collaborative wider Application Services Development team, you’ll be fully involved in developing, enhancing, and operating mission-critical IT systems for Transpower that support the real-time operation of New Zealand’s electricity grid. With a strong interest in integration and platform engineering, you will actively contribute to a growing pipeline of integration-centric initiatives and strategic technology programmes.You’ll work on a range of compelling projects focused on building and evolving enterprise integrations and integration platforms. The work will include delivery of new integration services, major and minor enhancements to existing solutions, lifecycle upgrades across the integration technology stack, and the integration of SaaS and commercial off-the-shelf software into the wider application ecosystem.About youAs a highly experienced Software Engineer you’ll find this role truly stimulating!You’ll be required to think broadly to understand how your work contributes to the wider systems and strategic direction of Transpower, leveraging your product development background and experience working across software development and operations.Most importantly, you’re passionate about software delivery and quality and have a desire to learn and share your knowledge with others.To be considered your CV and cover letter will demonstrate:

• 10 or more years of analysis, design and programming experience
• Experience working with applications DevOps tool-chains for continuous build, integration, packaging and deployment
• Experience in large scale application integration and the use of enterprise integration patterns
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of a broad range of hardware and software products

You’ll be able to demonstrate skills at a senior level for these languages / frameworks:

• Spring Boot/Java
• Experience of building RESTful web services and JSON
• Distributed services / REST / micro services architecture
• Apache Camel, CXF, ActiveMQ, Kafka
• Opensource frameworks
• Linux (RHEL)
• Maven/Gradle
• Oracle

Why you should join usWe 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. View them here:Learn more about working at Transpower –Next StepsIf you’re ready to join a fun, collaborative and results focused Application Services team who enjoy a varied and full programme of work, including many interesting and challenging projects with numerous opportunities to learn, we’d love to hear from you.Role closes Monday 2nd March 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 and we may progress to offer ahead of the proposed closing date – please do not delay your application.Note: Full and existing New Zealand work eligibility is required.Interested in knowing more, and seeing our Wellington head office? Watch a brief videoInternet Explorer is out of date and no longer supported.Please use one of these following browsers instead: , , .Job DetailsPosition Description
Reference # 37341
Posted on 11 Feb 2026
Closes on 02 Mar 2026 23:55
Location(s) Wellington
Expertise Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
Job level(s) Experienced
Work type(s) Permanent Full Time