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Posted 09 August, 2026

Engineering Lead

Bank of New Zealand
Wellington, WGN, NZ Full Time
Reference: b9dbca0a5997095f

Job Description

Role Overview We are looking for an Engineering Lead to join the Transact Term Deposits team, supporting our Term Deposits capability on Temenos Transact. The team works across Transact Term Deposits, business service APIs, production support, operational readiness, performance testing, monitoring, release support, and ongoing capability uplift. This is a key people and technical leadership role across people, engineering standards, operational production support, capability uplift, and continuous improvement. What You Will Do The person in this role will lead engineers and testers, drive engineering excellence, work with platform owners and teams to align engineering priorities with business outcomes, support operational readiness, and help the team make good technical decisions. Why It Might Be a Fit This is an opportunity to lead engineering for a core banking capability at a pivotal point in BNZ's technology journey. The team is helping BNZ move from major transformation delivery into long-term ownership of Transact and Term Deposits, with a focus on stability, resilience, operational confidence, and sustainable internal capability. Requirements Strong software engineering background Experience leading technology teams Understanding of secure coding, automation, technical debt reduction, testing, monitoring, and incident readiness Experience working with core banking, platform, or high-criticality systems Experience with Temenos Transact/T24, Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Splunk, Dynatrace, JIRA, ServiceNow, or comparable platform and engineering tooling Benefits Wellbeing support Flexible working Generous leave offering Opportunity for growth, learning, and career development #J-18808-Ljbffr

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