We’re looking for local Software Engineers to join Westpac’s Gold Coast Tech Hub as part of our Next Wave program — a permanent opportunity designed to help early‑career technologists grow, learn, and build meaningful products at scale.
These are permanent roles with Westpac from day one, delivered through Next Wave, which combines real engineering work with structured learning, mentoring, and long‑term career pathways across Consumer Technology.
📍 Location matters
This role is strictly for candidates who are currently living on the Gold Coast
We are not able to consider candidates who are relocating, planning to relocate, or based elsewhere at this time.
About Next Wave
Next Wave is designed for engineers in the early stages of their career who are curious, motivated, and ready to keep learning in a supportive, high‑quality engineering environment.
You’ll be based in our Gold Coast Tech Hub, just minutes from Surfers Paradise — a creative, collaborative space where teams build modern digital platforms used by millions of customers across Australia.
What you’ll gain:
Ways of working
The skills we’re looking for
We’re open to a range of software engineering backgrounds and don’t expect everyone to have the same experience. You may already have depth in one area and interest in expanding into others.
Relevant experience may include:
Backend & Full Stack
Frontend
Mobile Engineering
Quality Engineering / Testing
We’re generally looking for candidates with approximately 1–5 years of commercial experience who are keen to keep learning and growing within a long‑term role.
What we value most
Beyond technical capability, we’re looking for people who:
Eligibility requirements (important)
To be considered, you must:
Why Westpac?
We’re building technology that genuinely improves customers’ lives — and we’re just as committed to creating a workplace where our people can thrive.
You’ll benefit from:
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