Senior Digital Architect & Tech Visionary

Westpac; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee mortgage rates

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Westpac is hiring a Distinguished Engineer in Sydney to shape the bank's technology direction and tackle the most complex digital engineering challenges across web, mobile, APIs, cloud and AI.

You’ll influence strategy, architecture and engineering standards while mentoring technical talent and aligning senior leaders across communities, without direct people management. This permanent role is based in Sydney, Warrane, Gadigal Country or the Gold Coast, Australia.

Qualifications

• The ability to set long term technology direction and connect business strategy with enterprise architecture.
• Deep expertise in solving complex engineering challenges across digital platforms, including web, mobile, APIs, cloud and AI.
• The ability to influence major decisions and build alignment across senior leaders and technical communities without relying on formal authority.
• A strong command of modern engineering practices, including reliability, resilience, security, performance, accessibility and technology risk.
• The ability to champion innovation, mentor engineers and lift technical capability across a large and complex organisation.

Responsibilities

• Shape Westpac’s technology direction, solve our most complex digital engineering challenges and turn bold ideas into secure, scalable and accessible customer experiences.
• Influence strategy, architecture, engineering standards and major technology decisions across web, mobile, APIs, cloud and AI.
• Mentor engineers and build alignment across senior leaders and technology communities, without direct people management.
• Promote reliability, resilience, security, performance and accessibility in all engineering work.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver frontend, backend, cloud and data solutions at scale for customers.

Skills

Technology direction

Enterprise architecture

Influence senior leaders

Modern engineering practices

Mentor engineers

Job description

Westpac is hiring a Distinguished Engineer in Sydney to shape the bank's technology direction and tackle the most complex digital engineering challenges across web, mobile, APIs, cloud and AI.

You’ll influence strategy, architecture and engineering standards while mentoring technical talent and aligning senior leaders across communities, without direct people management. This permanent role is based in Sydney, Warrane, Gadigal Country or the Gold Coast, Australia.