Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Product Engineering team within Cards and Consumer Finance. In this role, you will design, build and support secure, scalable and resilient platform infrastructure that enables our teams to deliver high quality customer experiences.
You will bring strong technical expertise along with a passion for automation, reliability and continuous improvement. This is a key role where you will influence platform strategy, support engineering excellence and help uplift our platform capability across the organisation.
Ko tō mahi | What you will do
In this role, you will:
Design, build and maintain platform solutions that are secure, reliable and cost effective
Develop infrastructure as code and build robust CI CD pipelines to support scalable delivery
Drive automation across deployments, monitoring and platform operations
Champion site reliability engineering practices to improve system performance and resilience
Partner with delivery teams to enable better platform adoption and outcomes
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across environments
Continuously improve platform processes, tools and performance
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements
Support and mentor engineers while contributing to technical standards and best practice
Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring
You will bring a blend of technical expertise, collaboration and problem solving capability, including:
Experience working in high scale environments and applying site reliability engineering practices
Strong Linux skills and experience building automated CI CD pipelines
Proven experience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or similar
Hands on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Elastic, Splunk, Prometheus or Dynatrace
Solid understanding of networking, security and distributed systems
Knowledge of cloud platforms and security engineering practices
Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues
Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to work across teams
A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
Experience mentoring others and contributing to a collaborative team environment
Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac
In addition to immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, you'll receive some great job perks and benefits including:
4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best
Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year
Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme
Growth and development – we provide opportunities for development and promote internal mobility
Recognition - we recognise and reward our star performers
School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday
2 Volunteer days per year
Ko mātou tēnei | Our Organisation
At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together.
What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you!
Tono mai ināianei! | Apply Now!
Apply today with your CV and Cover Letter.
The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.
Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater
Applications close:
4 July 2026Skills Required
- Experience working in high scale environments and applying site reliability engineering practices
- Strong Linux skills
- Experience building automated CI/CD pipelines
- Proven experience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or similar
- Hands on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Elastic, Splunk, Prometheus or Dynatrace
- Solid understanding of networking, security and distributed systems
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and security engineering practices
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues
- Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to work across teams
- A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
- Experience mentoring others and contributing to a collaborative team environment
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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