Mō te tūranga | About the Role
Provideshandsontechnical leadership across up to twosquads, ensuring highquality delivery, modern engineering practices, and strong collaboration that drivescustomerfocusedand strategic outcomes. The role balances deep technicalexpertisewith guiding, enabling, and uplifting the team while continually improving ways of working and engineering excellenceacross Product & Digital Engineering
As a Technical Lead in the Engineering team, you will play a pivotal roletocollaborate with Engineers, Designers, Architects, Craft Specialists, Principal Engineers, and key stakeholders across the bank to ensure we:
Deliver outstanding experiences for our customers
Provide strategic technical leadership acrossyourtechnology area, shapinglong‑termengineering direction and ensuring decisions support both the business strategy and target architecture
Build solutions aligned withbest industry practice
Influence and ensure engineering decisions are aligned with business goals to support the technical roadmap
Identifyand advocate for opportunities to drive business value through technology,identifyingandleadingorganisation wideimprovements
Shape,championandcomply withinternal standards and policies
Minimise and manage technical debt
Support and role model agreed squad work practiceswhile fosteringa positive team culture, improving team health and reduction of cognitive load
Create adevelopment community shaping shared behaviours and engineering culture
Shape sprint goals that align with delivery, customer, and strategic outcomes
Be viewed as a subject matter expert
Accountability for operational readiness
This role balances hands-on engineering with leadership responsibilitiesdriving a development community beyond squad levelYou’llspend approximately 50% of your time contributing directly to squad work, and 50% enabling, mentoring, and guiding your team to continuously improve. The exact balance may vary based on squad needs and leadership direction.
Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?
Experience
Several years relevant experience
Able to speak about experience within the IT Industry, specialising in one or more of Java, React, Mobile development
Able to speak about experience leading small teams (not necessarily as a line manager)
Experience in Agile Teams, who have had Development and Operations responsibilities
Institutional Banking experience highly desired
Skills and Knowledge
Proficient in modern software development practices and tools
Strong understanding of software architecture and design principles
Experience with cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines
Skilled in unit testing, code reviews, and debugging
Ability to break down complex problems and deliver practical solutions
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:
8 August 2026
To turn doing into done, it takes a little Westpac.
From rescue helicopters and signing the Equator Principles, to paying super during parental leave and initiatives like Westpac SaferPay and SafeCall that help protect customers from scams... we have a proud history of stepping up to be first for our customers, communities and people.
We are Australia’s oldest bank and first company and have been supporting customers for over 200 years.
Our purpose is creating better futures together – it’s what we do, who we are and why we come to work every day. With this purpose in mind, we’ve set ourselves a bold ambition - to be our customers’ #1 bank and partner through life.
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