Job Description

Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

Be part of ANZ’s Cards Switch team and help power the real time processing of millions of card transactions across New Zealand — from ATMs and in store purchases to online payments. Our switch ensures every transaction is validated, authorised, routed, and processed securely and instantly. You’ll be working at the heart of a platform that moves high speed, bidirectional payment traffic between merchants, ATMs, acquirers, issuers, and card schemes.

• Work on one of NZ’s most critical real time payments platforms.
• Solve meaningful technical and business challenges in a 24/7, high availability environment.
• Partner with a mix of business analysts, senior engineers, testers, vendors, and operational specialists.
• Be part of a collaborative, supportive, and high performing team.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Wellington or Auckland
Work Hours: Standard 37.5 hours per week

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like

You will be responsible for:

• Analysing card transaction flows across the switch (authorisations, clearing, settlement, reversals)
• Designing, developing and enhancing switch functionality to support Visa, Mastercard and domestic schemes
• Writing, reviewing and maintaining high quality, well-documented code and SQL scripts for real time transaction processing
• Investigating production issues, tracing transactions end to end, and resolving incidents to keep the switch running 24/7
• Working closely with product owners, business analysts and vendors to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Supporting scheme mandates, regulatory changes and certification activities
• Participating in release planning, deployments, and post implementation reviews
• Contributing to on call support and collaborating with operations teams to minimise customer impact
• Sharing knowledge, improving documentation, and continuously learning about payments technologies and industry trends

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To thrive and excel in this role, you should ideally possess the following:

• 2 years’ experience as an Analyst Programmer, ideally in the card payments industry.
• Understanding of ATM/POS acquired card transaction authorisation, routing, and processing.
• Java and SQL Technologies experience.
• Familiarity with standard development tools, eg Github, Bitbucket and Artifactory repository
• Experience with production incident analysis and problem management.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in Agile and SDLC delivery environments.
• Ability to work independently and manage ambiguity.
• Understanding of New Zealand payments ecosystem (issuers, acquirers, merchants).

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

Tō aramahi ki ANZ - Your Career at ANZ

There's something special about being part of ANZ, you're part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive. Our teams do this by helping people make the most of what they have, to transform ideas, hard work and ambition into reality.

Career development means different things to different people. It may simply mean developing a skill, broadening your experience by moving sideways or stretching yourself by moving to a different business. How you manage and develop your career is up to you. That's why we're committed to helping you do this by providing you with the support, tools and resources you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things with us in the future.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

Job Posting End Date

13 May 2026, 11.59pm NZT