Senior Developer (Remote)

All roles at Westpac Group can be considered for flexible working arrangements, such as flexible hours, working remotely, part time work, or job sharing.

• Permanent Role
• Sydney based

How will I help?

We are a vibrant technology community building great customer experiences. We believe that developers are at their best when they can focus on quality, innovation & customer needs, not technical plumbing. We are creating The Westpac Mesh, a digital platform where developers have a great experience building great software.

Our team of polyglot engineers build delightful experiences for other software engineers in Westpac. You will develop our flagship Mesh Connect Marketplace and tools that allow other developers in Westpac to easily build, deploy and run future ready applications with ease. As a Senior Engineer, you will be expected to help shape the technical direction of the products, as well as mentor more junior developers in the team.

Main accountabilities include:

• First and foremost, build great software!
• Improve build processes, tooling & libraries to delight a large community of developers.
• Foster excellent team-dynamics to keep the team encouraged and motivated.
• Facilitate communication within and across teams and ensure stakeholders are kept updated
• Identify and facilitate the removal of impediments
• Working closely with others to build a vibrant technical community

What’s in it for me?

You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You’ll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

• A polyglot programmer with strong experience in developing APIs and micorservices with Java, with experience of Node.js or Python desirable and experience with JSON and other data formats is mandatory.
• A strong understanding and experience with public cloud, ideally Azure and/or AWS.
• Desirable to have exposure to SaaS based platforms such as Confluent Kafka, MongoDB etc.
• Passionate about agile practises such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), Pair-Programming and Continuous Delivery and Deployment
• Ideally, you’ll be part of the wider technical community through things like MeetUps, having a side-project or as an open-source contributor.

What’s it like to work there?

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other’s passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities – whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We’ll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you’re in control of where you start and how you’ll grow.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.

Hear from some of our people and their experiences working with us.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac, we’re all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces, branches, products, and services are accessible and inclusive for everyone-our customers, employees, and the wider community. If you’re interested in discussing workplace flexibility, please feel free to mention it in your application.

We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, veterans and reservists, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au