Job Description

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.

Ko mātou tēnei | This is Us  

We'reon a mission to become New Zealand's best digital bank,dedicated to supporting ourcustomersandcolleagueswith innovative solutions. Join us to make a real difference in the digital banking landscape!

We have an exciting opportunity for FullStackDevelopers(Junior & Intermediate) to join BNZ’s Digital Channels domain, which builds andmaintainsthe Web Customer Channel. Multipletūrangaare available across ourtīma(teams) who work across web, platform, and sales and acquisitions.

This is a permanent,full-timeopportunity based in Auckland or Wellington. This is a hybrid role with three days in the office and two days where you can work flexibly.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role  

We sat down withthe People Leaders, and they told us the following about the role:  

What are 5 day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?  

• Deliver customer-facing improvements with growingownershiphelp clarify the problem, break work into milestones, implement changes, and release safely.

• Make pragmatic day-to-day engineering decisions: follow agreed patterns and standards, and balance delivery needs with maintainability, performance, scalability, and operational impact.

• Solve problems with increasing independence: break down tasks,identifyroot causes, propose options, and ask good questions early when something is unclear.

• Protect reliability and quality: write well-tested, observable code,participatein code reviews, and contribute to production support/on callby investigating issues and following through with fixes and preventative improvements.

• Lift the team: collaborate across disciplines, communicate clearly, share knowledge through pairing/documentation, andseekand apply feedback to grow.

What is thetīmaculture and environment like?

Join a vibranttīmaof highly skilled professionals united in their passion for innovation and collaboration. Thistīmafosters creative, supportive atmospheres where teamwork and creativity thrive.

Thetīmabrings together experienced senior developers and testers alongside talented junior and intermediate engineers.You’llhave support around you to learn quickly through pairing, feedback, and great code reviews, while taking on increasing ownership as your confidence grows.

Whatprojects work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?  

The work you do will depend on thetīmayou join, andyou’llfocus on an area such as improving digital self-service,enhancing the loans customer experience, or strengthening the shared front-end platform other teams build on (including work in the AI space). Over the year, the focus is a mix of delivering new customer-facing features,improvingand modernising existing experiences, and strengthening the reliability and overall quality of the services we run in production

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?  

You will have the opportunity to work on projects that affects the life of millions of people in a positive way and be part of a modern department at the bank. We are doing work on current technology, including modernisation of our applications and Artificial Intelligence use. 

 What is the most challenging thing about this opportunity?  

As we have millions of users in our applications, there’s a lot of things toconsider;like performance, accessibility, reliability,to name a few This is a great opportunity to upskill in the development of heavily used applications.  

What technical skills and experience are required for this role?  

• Hands-on experience building andmaintainingsoftware (through commercial work, internships, or personal projects)

• A good grasp of core web development principles (accessibility, performance, and security basics)

• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript andReact (or a similar modern front-end framework), with a willingness to learn

• Experience with Java and Spring Boot (or another back-end framework) and an interest in building reliable services

• Familiarity with databases and cloud concepts and the ability to learn quickly on the job

• Clear communication: able to explain ideas and designssimply, andcollaborate effectively with others

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

Please Note: Applications for this vacancy close on Tuesday 26 May 2026. We review applications as they arereceivedand may close applications early.

We’regrowingacrossmultiple levels, including Senior Developer roles. Explore more opportunitieson our BNZ Careers website!

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: 26 May 2026

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