Australia's largest bank modernizing core systems with AI and cloud automation
Westpac is Australia's oldest financial institution, serving over 200 years of customer history across personal, business, corporate, and institutional banking. The tech stack reveals a bank mid-transformation: legacy systems (Teradata, Oracle Database, SWIFT) coexist with cloud-native infrastructure (Azure, Kubernetes, Docker), while active adoption of Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions signals infrastructure-as-code maturity. Hiring velocity is accelerating across engineering (24 roles) and data (6 roles), with active projects spanning CI/CD automation, RPA bot development, and gen-AI agentic platforms—indicating a shift from manual controls toward automated compliance and AI-driven customer acquisition.
Notable leadership hires: Lead Mob, Lead Our Mob, Quality Engineering Lead, Performance Test Lead, Relationship Director
Westpac Banking Corporation is Australia's oldest bank (founded 1817) and operates as a public company with 10,000+ employees headquartered in Sydney. The institution serves personal, business, corporate, and institutional customers across Australia and Papua New Guinea, with specialized offerings in agribusiness, migrant banking, and private wealth. Core operations span retail lending (home loans, deposits), commercial and institutional banking, and managed investments. The bank maintains regulatory responsibilities under Australian banking and credit licensing frameworks while managing customer protection initiatives (SaferPay, SafeCall) and climate commitments (Equator Principles signatory).
Westpac uses Teradata, Oracle Database, SWIFT, and Informatica for core systems; Azure, Kafka, Synapse, and Python for data and ML platforms; and Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes for modern deployment. The bank is adopting Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Informatica IDMC while migrating off Hadoop.
Westpac is headquartered in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The bank operates primarily in Australia and Papua New Guinea, with over 10,000 employees.
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