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Contract Principal Engineer

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12-Month Contract | Enterprise Environment | Auckland / Hybrid We’re partnering with a well-established enterprise organisation undergoing significant technology transformation, and they’re looking for an experienced Principal Engineer to join a high-performing API engineering team.

This is a strategic senior technical role where you’ll help shape engineering direction, uplift API capability, and influence modern cloud engineering practices across a large-scale environment.

You’ll operate as the key technical authority within the team, partnering closely with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to drive scalable, secure, and high-quality API solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Leading technical design across enterprise API initiatives
  • Driving engineering best practices, code quality, and modern delivery standards
  • Influencing architecture and cloud adoption strategies
  • Supporting the evolution of CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable integrations
  • Providing technical leadership and mentoring across engineering teams (without direct people management)

What We’re Looking For

  • Extensive experience in Senior, Lead, or Principal-level .NET Engineering roles
  • Strong background designing and delivering APIs in enterprise environments
  • Solid experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native engineering
  • Deep understanding of modern software engineering and integration practices
  • Ability to influence technical direction and engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Exposure to secure engineering and DevSecOps tooling highly regarded
  • Financial services or insurance experience is beneficial but not essential

Tech Stack & Environment

  • .NET / C#
  • Azure cloud technologies
  • API platforms & integrations
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • DevSecOps tooling, including SonarQube, Fortify, and Mend
  • Modern agile engineering practices

Why This Opportunity?

  • High-impact role with genuine influence across engineering direction
  • Large-scale cloud and API transformation initiatives
  • Strong investment in engineering capability and modern tooling
  • Exposure to AI-enabled engineering initiatives, including GitHub Copilot
  • Collaborative leadership team focused on innovation and continuous improvement

If you’re a senior technical leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges and shaping modern API ecosystems, we’d love to hear from you.

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Bianca Madden on 64 9 374 7300

Contract Type: Temp

Specialism: Information Technology

Focus: Testing / Software development

Industry: IT

Salary: Negotiable

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Location: Auckland CBD

Job Reference: Z0OKDN-469DBAA5

Date posted: 14 May 2026

Consultant: Bianca Madden