Worker Type:
Permanent
Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."
We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.
This role sits within the team Foreign Legion. It directly supports BNZs Open Banking APIs through enabling the delivery and maintenance of our critical APIs. These products serve both business and retail customers and are tightly integrated with open banking and regulatory standards.
The role will a candidate who is in an intermediate stage of their career and is willing to learn from the seniors in the team. It is a great opportunity to work with some incredibly smart and talented Senior Engineers.
This role can be based in Wellington or Auckland. It is a hybrid role with Monday, Wednesday and Thursday as the team anchor days in the office.
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
We sat down with the People Leader (who you would report to) and they told us the following about the role:
What are day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?
- Contributing to the teams ceremonies (standups, refinement, retros etc).
- Building automation testing suites.
- Collaborating with the Developers to understand their implementations.
- Working with other Testers to build reusable testing patterns.
- Working with the wider BNZ communities to understand the practices and standards in place.
What is the team culture and environment like?
Small but productive team who are very collaborative and friendly.
What projects / work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?
- Testing apis that are being migrated to springboot.
- Testing applications in EKS.
What technical skills are REQUIRED for this role?
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining automation frameworks.
- Proficient in writing automated test cases using: Cucumber, RestAssured, Cypress, Playwright etc.
- Ability to read, understand, and debug code for white-box testing.
- Experienced in both manual and automated API testing using tools like Postman or Insomnia.
- Proficient with version control systems such as Git.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban), with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive approach to influencing outcomes.
- Committed to delivering high-quality results and continuously improving processes.
Desirable:
- Experience working in the banking or financial services industry.
- Skilled in functional and exploratory manual testing.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins or similar.
- Comfortable working with Docker, cloud infrastructure, and infrastructure-as-code principles.
- Understanding of API gateways/proxies such as Apigee or Kong.
Why did the last person leave this role?
This is a new role in the team to balance the Developer to Tester ratio.
What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role?
- Proactive
- Self-driven
- Curious
PLEASE NOTE: Advertising for this position closes Sunday 22 June at 11:59pm.
We review applications as they are received and may close advertising early.
Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand
This is an exciting opportunity to join us! We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”
Closing Date: 22 June 2025
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