Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Spring Boot) — Scalable Systems
Summary
Westpac New Zealand's Cards and Consumer Finance product engineering team is hiring a senior backend engineer in Wellington to rebuild a critical legacy system from scratch. Day-to-day work centers on Java/Spring Boot services, Kafka, IBM MQ, and contributing to automated testing and CI/CD.
Westpac New Zealand Limited is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services as part of the Product Engineering – Cards and Consumer Finance team. You will replace a critical legacy system with a modern tech stack, starting from scratch, and contribute to automated testing and CI/CD practices.
You should bring 10+ years of API and backend experience, strong Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and IBM MQ proficiency, and a solid DevOps mindset with