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.

Mō te Tūranga | About the tūranga

As an Intermediate Developer in the Whakatau team, you will apply your software engineering, analysis and testing skills to build, maintain and support secure and reliable technology solutions.

You will work alongside experienced engineers and contribute to APIs, integrations, data pipelines and the ongoing management of our credit decisioning platform. You will take ownership of well-defined technical work while continuing to grow your engineering and platform knowledge.

This position can be based at either our Auckland or Wellington office.
The role is hybrid with 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week working from home.

What is the tīma culture and environment like?

Whakatau is a small, collaborative and high-ownership platform team consisting of a Platform Owner, Business Analyst, Data Engineer, Senior Technical Specialist and a Sr. Developer.

What capabilities will this person need to be successful in this tūranga?

• Practical software engineering experience, ideally working with enterprise applications or platforms.
• Experience developing and maintaining Java and Spring Boot applications or APIs.
• Understanding of REST APIs, system integrations, and common API security concepts.
• Experience supporting applications through development, testing, and production.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and contribute to incident resolution.
• Understanding of application lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and platform maintenance.
• Some experience with AWS cloud services, data pipelines, or workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Understanding of CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience writing unit or automated tests using tools such as JUnit or Rest Assured.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly.

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

• Develop, test and maintain Java and Spring Boot APIs and system integrations.
• Translate well-defined business and technical requirements into reliable software solutions.
• Support the credit decisioning platform, including troubleshooting incidents and resolving technical issues.
• Contribute to platform upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, and overall system health.
• Create and maintain automated tests, technical documentation, and operational support information.

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

You will work within the Credit Risk area to develop, integrate and support solutions used for credit decisioning.

This will include contributing to APIs, data pipelines, cloud services and integrations with SaaS and COTS products. You will also help ensure our platforms remain secure, compliant, reliable and well supported.

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?

We are on a modernisation journey towards customer-centric credit decisioning. This provides opportunities to develop practical experience across Java and Spring Boot APIs, data engineering, AWS cloud services, SaaS integrations and enterprise platform ownership.

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: 12 September 2026

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