About the Opportunity
Urgent requirement | Immediate start preferred!
We’re partnering with one of NZ’s most progressive financial institutions as they continue to evolve their Business Banking platforms.
They are seeking a senior, hands-on contractor with deep nCino experience to step into a Principal-level engineering role and provide technical leadership across a critical lending platform.
This is a senior individual contributor role focused on solving complex technical challenges, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring the stability and scalability of core lending systems. There are no people management responsibilities this role is about expertise, influence, and delivery.
If you enjoy working at the sharp end of enterprise platforms, staying close to the technology, and helping teams deliver at pace, this contract will put you right at the centre of a large-scale digital banking environment.
About the Role
As a Principal Engineer, you will act as the technical authority across nCino and Salesforce within the Business Banking domain.
You will:
- Lead technical design and architectural decision-making across the lending platform
- Act as the escalation point for complex platform and integration issues
- Guide engineering standards, CI/CD practices, and platform reliability
- Work closely with Dev, Test, SRE, Cloud, and Architecture teams
- Drive integration patterns between nCino, Salesforce, APIs, and core banking systems
- Mentor engineers and uplift technical capability through influence rather than hierarchy
- Ensure solutions align with security, compliance, and business requirements
This is a role for someone who is comfortable stepping into an established environment, getting up to speed quickly, and delivering impact from day one.
Key Skills & Experience
nCino & Salesforce
- Strong, hands-on experience delivering or supporting nCino implementations
- Deep knowledge of the Salesforce platform (Apex, LWC, Flows, integrations, configuration)
- Experience integrating Salesforce/nCino into broader enterprise ecosystems
Engineering & Architecture
- Strong understanding of API design, integration patterns, and cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)
- Experience improving CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues
Banking / Lending Domain
- Understanding of commercial or business lending workflows is highly advantageous
- Exposure to regulated environments and secure platform delivery
Working Style
- Comfortable operating as a senior IC contractor
- Able to influence senior stakeholders and engineering teams
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and able to add value quickly
Why This Contract?
- High-impact work on a mission-critical lending platform
- Modern engineering environment and strong technical teams
- Opportunity to shape technical direction without management overhead
- Immediate need, with the ability to make a visible difference quickly
Next Steps?
To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.
For any questions give Teresa Jordan a call on +64 27 376 4884 and quote Job ID: 16863 a confidential chat.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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