Principal Engineer - QA & Automation

Datacom • Hamilton, Waikato Region, New Zealand • Posted June 02, 2026

Location Hamilton, Waikato Region

Job Type Full time

Category Computer Occupations

Posted June 02, 2026

Our Why

 Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (your why)

 The bottleneck in modern software delivery is no longer writing code — it’s verifying that code works. As Principal Engineer – QA and Automation, you will own the quality architecture for a platform where AI agents generate a significant and growing share of production code. Your job is to build the verification and validation systems that make this possible — the automated oracle testing, risk-calibrated quality gates, integration harnesses, and regression infrastructure that give us confidence to ship at the speed AI enables.
 
What you’ll do

 As Principal Engineer – QA and Automation you will be focused on:

Interested in this role?

Click the button below to start your application.

Apply Now