Senior Engineer - AI

Westpac; Sydney; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Mortgage rate discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Senior Engineer to support Origination Platform Squads within Institutional Banking and Capital Solutions technology. You will contribute to high-profile initiatives across journey stages, partnering with business owners, architects, risk, and security stakeholders to deliver secure, production-ready services.

Join a world-class engineering team in Sydney, applying modern AI, serverless and microservice patterns to scalable banking platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development with degree in CS or related field.
• Experience integrating AWS Bedrock and GenAI patterns into enterprise apps.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, vector databases and embeddings.
• CI/CD pipelines, IaC, automated testing, secret management and release governance.
• Experience as an AWS Cloud Developer and hands-on ML/AI capabilities.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Bedrock

Textract

Bedrock Data Automation

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Vector databases

Embeddings

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Automated testing

Secrets management

Release governance

Serverless architectures

Microservices

Event-driven

LLM frameworks

NLP pipelines

Chat Bots

Prompt engineering

Job description

What’s the role?

Reporting to the Engineering Lead for Institutional Banking and Capital Solutions Technology, this Senior Engineer role will support the Origination Platform Squads within Institutional Banking and Capital Solutions technology.

You will be working on several high-profile initiatives across multiple journey stages. These initiatives aim to provide world class engineering solutions for the bank that will help meet the strategic goals of the business and the group. Your audience and stakeholders will be broad and diverse, giving you an unrivalled profile and the platform from which to build your career.

What do I need?

• 10+ years in software development, coupled with tertiary qualifications in computer science or a related discipline.
• Practical, production-grade experience integrating Amazon Bedrock (including Bedrock Agents / AgentCore, Knowledge Bases and Guardrails) and related AWS AI services (e.g. Textract, Bedrock Data Automation) with modern GenAI patterns (RAG, agents, prompt and context engineering, evaluation) into supportable enterprise applications, or equivalent
• Good understanding of PostgreSQL , Cockroach DB, Vector Databases & Embeddings
• Strong DevOps / DevSecOps practitioner including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, secret management and release governance.
• Experience as an AWS Cloud Developer.
• Ability to apply strong engineering fundamentals to emerging delivery patterns, including re- engineering business-built prototypes into secure, testable and production-ready services.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to partner with business owners, citizen developers, architects, risk and security stakeholders and uplift their practices.
• Well-versed in emerging AI technologies, with the ability to translate advancements into practical, real-world solutions.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning and AI frameworks including building and deploying LLM based applications (Generative AI, Chat Bots, NLP pipelines)
• Knowledge of Serverless/Microservice/Events based concepts and architecture.

Why join us?

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.

Create your future today

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 our FAQs and how to contact us page , under the 'Diversity, sustainability and flexibility' section.

We may close this job advertisement earlier than the advertised closing date if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.