Senior API Engineer — Java/Spring Boot/Node

Westpac; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage discounts

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development

Community volunteering

Job summary

Westpac in Sydney is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, develop and maintain high-quality APIs, microservices, and applications using Java, Spring Boot and Node.js. You will work closely with product managers and engineers, champion engineering excellence, contribute to architecture decisions and support CI/CD pipelines in a collaborative, inclusive environment.

The role emphasizes scalable solutions, strong RESTful design and database optimization across PostgreSQL and MySQL, with a focus on

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including APIs and microservices with Java, Spring Boot and Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain APIs and microservices using Java/Spring Boot/Node.js.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and optimise database performance.
• Contribute to software design decisions and architecture.
• Promote engineering excellence through clean coding, testing, reviews and documentation.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in deployment.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to deliver value and resolve production issues.

Skills

API design

Java/Spring Boot/Node.js

SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Kafka

Git/Bitbucket

CI/CD & DevOps (Bamboo)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Bitbucket

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Westpac in Sydney is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, develop and maintain high-quality APIs, microservices, and applications using Java, Spring Boot and Node.js. You will work closely with product managers and engineers, champion engineering excellence, contribute to architecture decisions and support CI/CD pipelines in a collaborative, inclusive environment.

The role emphasizes scalable solutions, strong RESTful design and database optimization across PostgreSQL and MySQL, with a focus on