Principal Engineer

2 days ago

Auckland City, New Zealand BNZ Full time

Worker Type: Permanent Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through 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. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same. - We are seeking a visionary Principal Engineer - End to End Integration to lead BNZ’s strategic direction in Testing Environments, testing methodologies, integration patterns, and database technologies to understanding a wide range of banking systems. - Mō te Tūranga | About the Role - We sat down with our Platform Manager, and they let us know the following about the role. - What are the responsibilities the person in this role will have? - Responsibilities as the Principal Engineer, you will assist, automate and implement scalable testing patterns, evaluate tools, troubleshoot issues and establish best practices for testing, transformation, and analytics. You will provide technical leadership for our Testing Practices, SDLC phasing and test platform reliability. - You will mentor and guide engineers at all levels, conduct training sessions, and promote continuous learning and technical excellence. Your leadership will inspire innovation, align strategies, and strengthen BNZ’s Testing capabilities and environments. - What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity? - This critical role shapes our long-term technology testing strategy in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices, troubleshooting system and test issues, driving innovation while fostering collaboration and alignment. - What is the team environment like? What specific tech skills would be beneficial?- Scripting & Automation- Pipelines - Jenkins, Spinnaker- Proxies & Gateways - Kong, F5- Containers - OpenShift, EKS, Kubernetes- Load balancers - HA Proxy, F5- Queues and event streaming - Kafka, MQ- Monitoring - Splunk, Dynatrace and others- Strong understanding of security (i.e. secret management, vulnerability scanning, certification management, etc)- SDLC practices and any development background- Source Code Management or experience with GIT and GitOps- Bonus is any expertise in Kafka or Mainframe What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role? - Strong communication skills are essential for this role, with the ability to build social capital across BNZ and technology. You will also have: - A proven track record of fostering collaboration, driving innovation, continual improvement, automation and inspiring teams.- The ability to shape BNZ’s long-term technical testing strategy, ensuring that engineering efforts are aligned with business objectives, user needs and delivery cadence.- Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand - Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”_ Closing Date: 28 October 2025

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