- Location
- Westpac on Takutai Square, New Zealand
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Mō te tūranga | About the Role
This is a 12 months fixed term contract
The Data Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, integrity, availability, and reliability of data that supports Westpac's Financial Crime platforms, including NetReveal. This role enables critical financial crime capabilities such as Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Assessment (CRA), Sanctions Screening, regulatory reporting, analytics initiatives, and audit remediation activities.
Working closely with business stakeholders, AML Analytics, Technical Business Analysts, Engineers, and Vendors, the Data Engineer designs, develops, supports and improves data pipelines, ETL processes, integrations and data assets that underpin financial crime controls and decision-making.
Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?
Essential experience
- Strong SQL skills.
- Experience with data modelling and ETL/ELT development.
- Knowledge of batch processing and data quality management.
- Experience with data reconciliation and root cause analysis.
- Exposure to incident management and production support.
- Experience working in financial services or complex enterprise data environments.
Ideally, you'll also have
- Experience with Financial Crime or AML platforms.
- Oracle PL/SQL and Python skills.
- Knowledge of Kafka, Snowflake, or Control-M.
- Experience with cloud technologies and CI/CD practices.
- Exposure to regulatory reporting environments.
- Familiarity with NetReveal or similar financial crime solutions.
Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac
In addition to immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, you'll receive some great job perks and benefits including:
• 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best
• Banking benefits, insurance discounts
• Growth and development – we provide opportunities for development and promote internal mobility
• Recognition - we recognise and reward our star performers
• School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday
• 2 Volunteer days per year
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:
24 September 2026
