Senior Solutions Designer

Job Description

All roles at Westpac Group can be considered for flexible working arrangements, such as flexible hours, working remotely, part time work, or job sharing.

• Permanent role
• Sydney based position
• Career growth and development

How will I help?

As a Senior Solutions Designer - Applications,you will be providing expert technical and/or domain expertise to both business and IT, covering all aspects of system applications including architecture, solution design, development, maintenance, support, technology selection, configuration, testing, implementation and/or enhancements across technology finance applications landscape.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Lead the development of components of the overall app architecture (high level and detailed technical definition and design) ensuring accurate documentation is available to the team
• Use awareness of Agile principles, techniques, and processes and how they fit within the work environment to influence work approach and value creation
• Complete detailed design and functional specification and provide deep technical expertise downstream in build and test.
• Help motivate the team especially when there is pressure to meet targets
• Advise on the consistent use of, and adherence to, operational policies, standards, tools, and processes to ensure consistent application maintenance and fulfilment of regulatory obligations.
• Use knowledge of business strategy and development to advance technology solutions, assisting our customers and partner organizations

What's in it for me?

You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

• 10 plus years of experience in design patterns, domain-driven design, component-based architecture, and evolutionary architecture.
• Hands on experience in Java 11, Spring, Spring Boot and REST API
• Design, develop and maintain the API specification using best practices.
• Implement authentication, authorization and security features in API
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse API requirements.
• Optimize API performance.
• Troubleshoot and debug API related issues.
• Create and maintain API documentation.
• Tertiary level qualifications in Computer Science or relevant industry recognised certification

Nice to have:

• Apache Kafka, Git, Database understanding with basic knowledge of SQL.
• Able to interact with cross-functional teams and external vendors part of the role

What is it like to work there?

We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market.

We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au