Contract Principal Engineer
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
About the job
Contract Type: Temp
Specialism: Information Technology
Focus: Testing / Software development
Industry: IT
Salary: Negotiable
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Associate
Location: Auckland CBD
TEMPORARYJob Reference: Z0OKDN-469DBAA5
Date posted: 14 May 2026
Consultant: Bianca Madden
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