AddressHow will I help?
The Chief Engineer, Payments API will be part of the Westpac Institutional Bank GTS & Payments team.
Westpac's Payments API provides the building blocks of re-useable 'Payments' capabilities. Removing duplication from customer-facing channels and creating consistency across backend payment processors and schemes, it is the strategic enabler for simplifying our Payments technology estate.
The Chief Engineer is the technology owner for the Payments API platform. The apply their expert knowledge to lead the engineering teams responsible for building and supporting the operation of the platform and maintain its strategy and technical direction. Their focus is software engineering to support a mission critical, resilient, and performant 'system', progressive simplification of the legacy environments, and driving benefits realisation.
Reflecting Westpac's increased focus on Technology Simplification we are re-organising how we approach delivery for the Payments API. The Payments API platform team will come together with the Chief Engineer (and dedicated Service / Product Owner and Delivery Owner) providing the leadership focus and capacity to drive the platform roadmap and accelerate delivery of the backlog.
The ideal candidate will have 15+ years in IT / Software Engineering / Architecture with a background in financial services and/or payments.
This role is based in Sydney.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Own and maintain the platform roadmap, ensuring fit for purpose, designed for run, and evergreen sustainability.
- Develop and curate the backlog and strategy for progressive simplification through migration to the Payments API
- Collaborate with architecture and other Chief Engineers (particularly Digital and Payments) to understand solutions and roadmaps across the enterprise.
- Lead a culture of engineering-led continuous improvement.
- Ensure engineering and coding guidelines and standards are in place and used, leveraging, and extending enterprise standards wherever possible.
- Accountable for 'Design for Run' and Operational Readiness certification. Lead teams in 3rd Level Support to assist in timely service restoration and root cause investigation for production incidents.
- Implement engineering and work practices to improve code quality, team cohesion, and platform knowledge. Eg. pair programming, code review
- Ensure engineering and coding guidelines and standards are in place and used, leveraging, and extending enterprise standards wherever possible.
- Maintain the platform engineering resource strategy.
- Provide performance management, coaching and support career progression for engineers in the team.
- Support the team, including delivery leads and squad facilitators, to manage an effective backlog and agile operating cadences.
What's in it for you?
You'll play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years and be instrumental in achieving our purpose of helping Australians succeed. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You'll also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.
What do I need?
To be set up for success in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
15+ years in IT / Software Engineering / Architecture
Proven experience:
Building and leading teams of software engineers in an agile environment. You're still hands on when the team needs it
Building and running mission-critical solutions. Zero downtime. Low latency. High throughput
Relational and non-relational data stores
Messaging patterns and technologies (eg. MQ, Kafka)
Modern containerised, microservices and cloud technologies
Well versed with architecture patterns, integration patterns, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices
Financials Services and/or Payments preferable.
Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology or equivalent IT experience
Relevant Cloud platform certification
What's 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 an equal opportunity employer, we're 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
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