Principal Engineer

Job Description Create your best future and join Westpac as a Principal Engineer. What’s the role? This role is a full time, permanent position based in Sydney. As a Principal Engineer you will be playing a critical role in the delivery of digital experiences for the Digital and Engineering division within the business domain. You will be combining deep technical expertise with strong leadership to maintainable solutions and foster a culture of engineering excellence. Your responsibilities will include: Execute and influence deliverables to achieve scalable, resilient, maintainable, and observable solutionsProvide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, ensuring alignment with engineering practices and engineering standardsWrite clean, efficient and reusable code in Frontend/backend tech stacks Design REST APIs using Open API Swagger. Diagnose and resolve complex service issues, and drive improvements in performance, reliability and maintainability What do I need? To be successful in this position you should have experience as a Senior full stack developer in Java/React. You will have team leadership experience and be able to oversee vendor resources. Exceptional communication skills alongside a continuous improvement mindset are required for this role in addition to the below skills/experience: Experience in executing designs focused on application integration on complex infrastructures ideally in financial services and banking environments.Understanding of Test-driven developmentExperience in testing automationExperience with cloud-native technologiesExperience in Node.js, React (Redux), JavaScript 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 option 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 To get started, simply click on the APPLY or APPLY NOW button 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 out more information and additional contact details by visiting the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website.