Principal Engineer - Full Stack Java | Gold Coast (On-site)

Westpac; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage rate discounts

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development

Community volunteering

Job summary

Westpac seeks a Principal Engineer (Full Stack - Java) based on the Gold Coast, with on-site presence two days per week to work closely with teams and stakeholders. You will lead technical decisions, drive architecture, and shape a secure, scalable communications platform across multiple channels.

You will mentor engineers, design APIs, and explore AI/automation opportunities to improve delivery and operational efficiency while ensuring governance and resilience.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Java, Spring Boot and TypeScript experience.
• Experience designing large-scale distributed platforms.
• Strong knowledge of observability, reliability and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
• Shape architecture and engineering practices for secure, scalable customer communications.
• Design reusable APIs and event patterns, drive platform services and automation.
• Mentor senior engineers and collaborate with Product, Data, Cyber, Risk and Architecture teams.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Cloud & DevOps

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Westpac seeks a Principal Engineer (Full Stack - Java) based on the Gold Coast, with on-site presence two days per week to work closely with teams and stakeholders. You will lead technical decisions, drive architecture, and shape a secure, scalable communications platform across multiple channels.

You will mentor engineers, design APIs, and explore AI/automation opportunities to improve delivery and operational efficiency while ensuring governance and resilience.