Automation Engineer

Westpac Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Mortgage rate discounts for employees

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Westpac Group is seeking an Automation Engineer to join the UNITE Program in a permanent, full-time role with hybrid working. Based in Sydney Warrane, Gadigal Country or the Gold Coast, you will design and build automation tools, integrate APIs, and improve CI/CD pipelines to make platforms faster, safer, and easier to use.

You will work with data engineers, product owners and business experts to turn complex problems into elegant automated solutions, using modern languages and AI-driven tools

Qualifications

• Strong experience building software using Python, Java, Go or similar languages.
• Hands on experience designing and delivering automation solutions in production environments.
• Confidence working with CI CD tooling, APIs and integration patterns.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in data engineering or platform focused teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automation tools to remove manual effort from development and testing.
• Code, integrate APIs, improve CI/CD pipelines, ensure security, scalability and production readiness.

Skills

Python/Java/Go

CI/CD tooling

APIs & integration

Stakeholder collaboration

Data engineering background

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Create your best future and join Westpac as an Automation Engineer.

What’s the role?

You’ll join our UNITE Program as an Automation Engineer, helping shape the future of how we build and deliver data solutions. This is a permanent, full time role with hybrid working, based in Sydney Warrane, Gadigal Country or the Gold Coast.

You’ll design and build automation tools that remove manual effort from development and testing, making our platforms faster, safer and easier to use. Working alongside data engineers, product owners and business experts, you’ll turn complex problems into elegant automated solutions. You’ll code, integrate APIs, improve CI CD pipelines and make sure what you build is secure, scalable and ready for production.

This role suits someone who enjoys working autonomously while still being part of a supportive engineering squad. You’ll use modern coding languages and emerging AI driven tools to help accelerate delivery across enterprise data platforms.

What do I need?

• Strong experience building software using Python, Java, Go or similar languages
• Hands on experience designing and delivering automation solutions in production environments
• Confidence working with CI CD tooling, APIs and integration patterns
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in data engineering or platform focused teams

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee only mortgage rates
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank
• Lots of opportunities to give back to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on ourFAQs and how to contact us page , under the ‘Diversity, sustainability and flexibility’ section.