Java Engineer – Kafka & Market Data Systems
Westpac Bank
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Job summary
Westpac's Connected Markets team seeks a Software Engineer to build and support services for reference, market and pricing data. You will develop Core Java services, Kafka/Avro integrations and APIs, handling data from leading platforms and ensuring reliable data delivery across trading, risk and analytics workloads.
The role emphasizes distributed systems, production support and observability, with exposure to market data tooling and agile delivery.
Qualifications
- Strong software engineering experience with Core Java.
- Experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting and SQL/relational databases.
- Experience developing Kafka/Avro integrations, APIs and automated testing.
- Troubleshooting and problem-solving across distributed systems.
- Exposure to reference data or market data within Capital Markets is a plus.
- Experience with market-data platforms (Refinitiv, Bloomberg, EBS, IRESS) is valued.
- Observability tools (ELK, Grafana) and agile tooling (JIRA, Confluence) beneficial.
Responsibilities
- Develop Core Java services and Kafka/Avro integrations.
- Build and maintain APIs for reference, market and pricing data.
- Support data from platforms like Refinitiv, Bloomberg, EBS and IRESS.
- Troubleshoot distributed systems and provide L3 production support.
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Westpac's Connected Markets team seeks a Software Engineer to build and support services for reference, market and pricing data. You will develop Core Java services, Kafka/Avro integrations and APIs, handling data from leading platforms and ensuring reliable data delivery across trading, risk and analytics workloads.
The role emphasizes distributed systems, production support and observability, with exposure to market data tooling and agile delivery.
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