Intermediate Developer

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 

This is an exciting opportunity for an Intermediate Developer to join our Payments domain within BNZ Technology.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working across the full delivery lifecycle: understanding a problem, designing and implementing a solution, testing it thoroughly, releasing it safely, and supporting it in production. 

 

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role 

 

We sat down with our Engineering Lead, and they let us know the following about the role: 

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

• Work with the team to break down requirements, estimate work, identify risks and make practical technical decisions. Diagnose and resolve defects and production incidents, using logs, metrics, traces and a structured troubleshooting approach
• Contribute to application design and development including API specification  design, writing clean maintainable code, production of system and programme documentation as well as ongoing maintenance 
• Integrate services with downstream systems, event streams, databases, payment providers and other platform capabilities
• Write automated unit, integration and contract tests and contribute to test automation.
• Resolve production incidents by diagnosing issues, testing and implementing a fix. Involvement in the on-call roster is essential. 
• Collaborate with product owners, analysts, testers, platform teams and other technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure applications meet client needs, security standards and practices. 

What is the team culture and environment like? 

Our team is built on a culture of trust, collaboration and growth. We help each other when faced with challenges, work on exciting projects, and ensure there are plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.

We value everyone’s ideas and contribution, enabling an environment where each and everyone plays a key role in the team. 

What projects / work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year? 

We build and support applications that play a vital part in the Payments ecosystem. Working with front end and downstream applications to develop, support and maintain payment systems will be a critical part of the role. 

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity? 

We are embarking on a modernisation journey to replace legacy systems with Enterprise applications with plenty of challenges and opportunities to learn! 

What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role? 

• Commercial software development experience in a team environment.
• Strong experience with Java and practical experience building RESTful services.
• Experience with Spring Boot framework.
• A sound understanding of automated testing, clean code, debugging and version control.
• Familiarity with Maven or Gradle build tooling and dependency management.
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines like Jenkins or Spinnaker and the practices required to deliver changes safely.
• An understanding of containerised applications and Kubernetes, or the ability to learn these quickly.
• The ability to investigate issues methodically and explain technical problems in clear language.
• A security-conscious approach to handling financial data, authentication, authorisation and sensitive integrations.
• Collaborative mindset, a proactive attitude and ability to work in a fast paced environment 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to speak with technical and non-technical audience 
• Curiosity to learn, willingness to speak up and contribute to the strategic vision of the team. 

 

You do not need experience with every technology listed. We value solid engineering fundamentals, curiosity and the ability to learn within a varied technology environment.

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

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: 09 September 2026

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