At ASB, we're all about doing what we can to help our customers get "One Step Ahead" by giving them the tools they need to manage their lives and plans for their families and future. Our products don't just serve ads or stream movies - they underpin our economy and touch people's lives.

If you've always wanted to apply your skills to a large-scale Kiwi success story, then today is your lucky day - as we are on the lookout for a Software Consultant to join us in our Cloud Enablement platform.

The Identity & Integration platform delivers reliable and innovative technology solutions at pace, leveraging our thought leadership and expertise. We are responsive, proactive, and transparent. Our goal is to have 'always on' capabilities, tomorrow's tech at tomorrow's pace, make things simple, be more awesome and embrace disruption and innovation and to enable our people to innovate at pace; simply and securely.



About the role:

As a Technical Consultant in the Integration Centre for Enablement (C4E) Squad, you will be part of a team that is responsible for governing and overseeing ASB's federated integration ecosystem. Team members will work with delivery squads to co-design integrations in conformance to enterprise standards, consult to delivery squads facing difficult integration implementation blockers, curate and evangelize integration standards, shape and oversee an integrations delivery life cycle process, lead communities of practice and training sessions and maintain heatmaps that provide a health overview of the ecosystem which can be used to drive prioritization.



About you:

We'll value your proven initiative, problem solving abilities and ways in which you have shown leadership while performing your role. We are looking for an individual that will provide leadership for the work that had been assigned to them. You will gather and refine business requirements with stakeholders across the bank. You are pragmatic and design effective solutions. You can document and present your technical designs to a wide range of audience. You have the drive to manage and deliver programmes of work to the production environment. You will be given opportunities to extend your sphere of influence beyond your squad to other squads and platforms, both to share your knowledge and experience and to extend it by drawing on the knowledge and experience of others. You will work collaboratively with our squads and stakeholders to be the voice of engineering and deliver products that delight our customers.



We are looking for someone who has:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of solution architecture experience
• Proven experience and expertise in Swagger and OpenAPI specifications for API documentation and design.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API principles, authentication mechanisms (e.g. OAuth2, JWT) and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience deploying micro services into Azure.
• Proven proficiency in version controls systems (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipelines for API code generation and package deployment
• Experience with API testing frameworks such as Postman, Swagger UI or similar tools
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset with a passion for delivering customer-focussed solutions.
• A high level of attention of detail and is committed to producing high quality work

We are looking for someone who can:

• Create and manage API specifications using swagger and openAPI to ensure clarity, consistency and scalability.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams on best practices for API development and documentation
• Act as a subject matter expert on API Standards and integration patterns
• Work closely with stakeholders, project managers and other interested parties to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Facilitate workshops and presentations to demonstrate API solutions and gather feedback
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in API design and C# .NET technologies and apply them to projects.

Working at 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.

Along with our interactions, values guide our actions and conduct, making ASB a safe and inclusive environment for both our people and our customers. They show that we care, are passionate and courageous, and that we act with integrity. Most importantly they unite us - because they are ASB.

We offer a flexible and supportive work environment and offer an open and inclusive culture; a place where we welcome and value your individuality, ideas and goals.


If we've nailed our pitch and this role sounds like it might be the one for you then please click "apply"… we'd love to hear from you!


To be considered, all applications need to be via our on-line career channels and will be treated with confidentiality.