Senior Platform Engineer

2 days ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand ASB Bank Full time

Mō Mātou | About us:
At ASB, we believe progress is more than just financial. It's about helping New Zealanders, communities, and our environment thrive together. We're a purpose-led organisation with a proud history and a clear vision to support Kiwis in getting one step ahead. Our work is guided by strong values such as caring, integrity, courage, passion, and unity, and brought to life by a diverse team of people who genuinely care about making a difference.

As one of Aotearoa's most trusted banking partners, we combine the stability and scale of a large organisation with a culture that ensures you're recognised as an individual. Your ideas, your growth, and your contribution matter here. You'll be supported to do meaningful work that has a real impact every day

Mō te Tūranga | About the role
Shape ASB's integration ecosystem as a senior technical leader in our Modern Integration Platform Engineering Squad.

As a Senior Platform Engineer (Software Consultant), You Will

  • Design and deliver complex software solutions
  • Lead solution architecture and platform ownership
  • Collaborate across squads and with product owners, engineers, and architects
  • Build SDKs, maintain event brokers, and mentor engineers
  • Influence the quality and resilience of ASB's technology stack

This Level 4 role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, enjoys coaching others, and wants to drive technical excellence without formal people leadership responsibilities.

Ō Pūkenga | About you
We'll value your proven initiative, problem solving abilities and leadership skills as we look for every engineer to lead from their position.

With regards to background, the following capabilities are a must:

  • 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Expertise in Confluent Kafka (topics, partitions, replication, schema registry, ksqlDB, connectors, etc.).
  • Strong experience with DataStax Cassandra/AstraDB (data modeling, replication strategies, tuning, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience in IaC (e.g.: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Helm).
  • Strong coding/scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash for automation.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), particularly in networking, security, and cost optimization.
  • Deep understanding of SRE principles (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, incident response, and chaos engineering).
  • Experience in monitoring and logging tools (e.g.: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, ELK).
  • Experienced working with Github
  • Strong problem-solving skills, ability to work in fast-paced environments, and a proactive mindset.
  • Good to have - Two relevant certifications in Confluent Kafka, DataStax Cassandra or Advanced certifications in Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Te mahi ki ASB | Working for ASB
ASB's sense of who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values. They guide our business in our day-to-day interactions with our team, customers and community. They are what makes ASB — ASB.

  • Career Growth: Access to learning and development through training sessions, courses, and internal opportunities
  • Inclusive Culture: Join values-led teams that celebrate diversity and support employee-led communities
  • Health & Wellbeing: Southern Cross Wellbeing One health insurance, lifestyle and volunteering leave, and mental wellbeing support
  • Meaningful Benefits: Enjoy discounted banking, insurance, and a generous parental leave top-up
  • Impactful Work: Be part of a purpose-led organisation that makes a difference for New Zealanders

Join us and make a difference - apply today

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