Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

The Senior Engineer plays a key role in uplifting engineering excellence across the department by driving the adoption of modern automation, CI/CD, and secure delivery practices. Working as part of a specialized squad, this role ensures Data Engineering teams use reliable “golden‑path” delivery workflows that are consistent, scalable, and built on strong DevSecOps foundations.

The role also leads Gen AI adoption within engineering by shaping meaningful use cases, running proofs of concept, and guiding teams on safe and effective integration of AI‑assisted coding, testing, and code reviews into the software development lifecycle. Through hands‑on leadership and collaboration, the Senior Engineer helps teams deliver high‑quality, secure solutions faster and with greater confidence.

Role Location: Auckland or Wellington
Role Type: Permanent 
Hours: Standard, Mon to Fri 37.5hrs

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like

You will be responsible for:

• Working with teams daily to improve automation, CI/CD, testing, and release practices
• Designing, maintaining, and promoting secure “golden‑path” delivery pipelines and templates
• Reviewing and improving pipelines to ensure strong DevSecOps practices are embedded by default
• Enabling secrets scanning, policy as code, and automated compliance evidence generation
• Championing production‑grade delivery practices such as trunk‑based development and progressive delivery
• Partnering with platform and SRE teams to improve reliability, observability, and rollout safety
• Shaping and prioritizing GenAI use cases aligned to engineering needs
• Running GenAI proofs of concept and evaluating tools, patterns, and guardrails
• Helping teams safely use AI‑assisted coding, testing, and code reviews in the SDLC
• Coaching engineers, mentoring chapter members, and sharing best practices
• Aligning stakeholders across security, risk, platform, and product through regular collaboration

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To thrive and excel in this role, you should ideally possess the following:

• Strong hands‑on experience with CI/CD platforms and infrastructure as code, and a track record of building reusable, scalable delivery templates.
• Solid knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift), with good understanding of environments, IAM, and networking basics.
• Strong software engineering foundations in at least one language (such as Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java), with experience writing clean, testable, maintainable code.
• Practical DevSecOps experience, including secrets management, artifact security, and secure software supply chain practices.
• Experience with observability and release engineering, including monitoring, logging, tracing, progressive delivery, and automated rollback strategies.
• Understanding of GenAI engineering concepts such as LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, agentic patterns, evaluation, safety, and governance, and experience integrating AI assistance into the SDLC.
• An enablement‑first mindset, with experience coaching teams, simplifying platforms, and delivering measurable improvements in delivery and reliability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align teams across engineering, security, and platform functions.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

Tō aramahi ki ANZ - Your Career at ANZ

There's something special about being part of ANZ, you're part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.  Our teams do this by helping people make the most of what they have, to transform ideas, hard work and ambition into reality.

Career development means different things to different people. It may simply mean developing a skill, broadening your experience by moving sideways or stretching yourself by moving to a different business. How you manage and develop your career is up to you. That's why we're committed to helping you do this by providing you with the support, tools and resources you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things with us in the future.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

Job Posting End Date

8 April 2026 11.59pm, NZT