Worker Type:

Permanent

Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

We have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Fullstack Developer to join our Digital Channels team and play a significant role in supporting BNZs Open Banking APIs through enabling the delivery and maintenance of our critical APIs. These products serve both business and retail customers and are tightly integrated with open banking and regulatory standards. 

This role can be based in Wellington or Auckland. We have a hybrid working environment with three days in the office.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

We sat down with the Engineering Lead and they told us the following about the role:

What are some of the day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?

Lead Development Efforts: Design and build robust, scalable solutions, often working on complex or high-impact components.

Shape Technical Direction: Influence architectural decisions, patterns, and long-term technical strategies.

Mentor and Support: Coach junior and intermediate developers, providing guidance through code reviews, pair programming, and feedback.

Drive Operational Excellence: Champion practices that improve reliability, performance, and deployment efficiency.

Provide Production Support: Lead by example in participating in the product support and on-call roster, ensuring issues are resolved quickly and root causes are addressed.

Maintain Technical Documentation: Ensure system-level and architectural documentation is accurate, up to date, and accessible to relevant stakeholders.

Foster Innovation: Identify opportunities for technical or process improvement and help lead their implementation.

What is the team culture and environment like?

 Collaborative, supportive, productive. 

What projects / work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?

Your focus will be developing and maintaining web applications enabling BNZ customers to manage their Open Banking. You will also be responsible for the development and support for the web application that provides BNZ's API portal.

What technical skills are required for this role? 

This is an opportunity for someone who has proven experience building web applications and interfacing with RESTful APIs (ideally within banking or financial services). You will also bring:

Proficiency in Javascript development.

Experience working with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins or similar.

An understanding and experience using cloud technologies (eg: AWS, Azure etc).

An understanding of RESTful API principals and of API development (e.g. Springboot, API proxies, Kubernetes, Kafka) would be beneficial.

What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role? 

We are looking for strong communication and collaboration, with a proactive approach to influencing outcomes.

Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand

Please note applications close Tuesday 19 August 2025. We will be reviewing applications as they are received therefore may close advertising early.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us!  We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”

Closing Date: 19 August 2025

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.