About us
At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities.
The Senior Data Engineer not only provides expert domain knowledge and expertise in the area they are working in, but as a senior member of the squad, provides mentorship and guidance to others. They operate with greater scope within the service group, wider technology business unit and with business stakeholders to ensure high levels of Service Delivery are maintained and an overarching focus on risk and compliance is always front of mind in the squad.
Communication, negotiation, collaboration and teamwork, and partnership/relationship building skills are key to achieving desired outcomes in this role. In particular to enable the delivery of great innovative banking products that continue to enhance our customers’ experience.
Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?
Good at the Hadoop stack, particularly HDFS and Spark.
Experience orchestrating data workflows with Airflow.
5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Solid understanding of CDC patterns and data streaming patterns.
Awareness of secure software development practices for handling sensitive data
Experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and containerisation.
Demonstrated ability to assess new technologies, review vendor solutions, and recommend improvements to existing engineering approaches.
Proven capability in diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues throughout the application lifecycle.
Strong understanding of quality assurance, testing frameworks, and continuous improvement.
Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline, with relevant technical certifications preferred.
Demonstrated ability to mentor, support and grow engineers.
Comfortable in Agile delivery and modern DevOps practices.
Skills Required
- Expertise with the Hadoop stack, particularly HDFS and Spark
- Experience orchestrating data workflows with Airflow
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Understanding of CDC patterns and data streaming patterns
- Awareness of secure software development practices for handling sensitive data
- Experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization
- Ability to assess technologies, review vendor solutions, and recommend engineering improvements
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues throughout the application lifecycle
- Understanding of quality assurance, testing frameworks, and continuous improvement
- Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline
- Relevant technical certifications
- Ability to mentor, support, and develop engineers
- Comfort with Agile delivery and modern DevOps practices
Westpac Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westpac and has not been reviewed or approved by Westpac.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Extensive paid and unpaid leave options span wellbeing leave, Culture/Lifestyle/Wellbeing days, purchased leave up to 12 weeks, career breaks, and various specialized leaves. This breadth supports work-life balance and accommodates a wide range of personal circumstances.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental provisions include 16 weeks full pay (or 32 at half pay) for primary carers, four weeks for support carers, and continued superannuation during unpaid parental leave. Additional supports cover domestic and family violence leave, Family Pathways leave, and grandparental leave.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include counselling and coaching services, workplace mental health training, free nutrition advice, and health insurance access with pre‑existing conditions covered if joined promptly. Financial and lifestyle perks include banking discounts for employees and families and the myDiscounts program.
Westpac Insights
What We Do
Westpac is Australia’s oldest bank and company, one of four major banking organisations in Australia and one of the largest banks in New Zealand. We provide a broad range of banking and financial services in these markets, including consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services. We also have offices in key financial centres around the world including London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Westpac Group's portfolio of financial services brands and businesses is focused on our vision, which is "To be one of the world’s great service companies, helping our customers, communities and people to prosper and grow.”
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