Software Engineer - Front End 12 months contractor

About us At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities. About the Role In this rewarding role you will be responsible for innovating, developing, testing, and implementing new software solutions within project and support/maintenance capacities during office hours. You will be expected to quickly master the current framework, and technology stack. Actively engage in requirement analysis discussions and come up with technical solutions. Design and develop new product features with minimum defects. Contribute to component library. Deliver project sprint commitments on time. Participate in Agile software development practices. Create, review, and maintain documentation. Assessing, analysing, and implementing change based on design and request. Utilises experience with Jira and Confluence. Promptly respond to production incidents by troubleshooting and providing solutions to them. Release and deployment activities (i.e. logging results, documenting technical activity undertaken). What will you bring? 2-5 years substantial web development experience in React, TypeScript, and JavaScript Knowledge across service layer. Affinity with UX/UI and an eye for detail is beneficial. Experience with building a product Products used include but not limited to Java, JavaScript, Angular, Redux, Redux‑Saga, SASS, HTML5, Jest, React‑Testing‑Library, Webpack, Docker, Jenkins, Git & Bitbucket, Selenium, Kubernetes Experience with CI/CD pipelines is beneficial. Experience with functional programming Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated. #J-18808-Ljbffr