Senior Software Engineer

We have an opportunity that genuinely stands out — and if you’re a senior engineer who values ownership, complex problem‑solving, and building platforms that matter, this could be your next move.

Is this your next role?

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in delivering high‑impact change initiatives that improve efficiency, reduce cost, and create a stable, scalable platform for future growth. You’ll work cross‑functionally with our business units, helping shape solutions from design through to production, and influencing how our enterprise platforms evolve.

This is a hands‑on senior role where your technical judgement matters. You’ll be trusted to make decisions, solve real problems, and contribute to an engineering culture built on depth, pragmatism, and collaboration.

What you’ll bring

You’re a senior engineer with strong Java and Pega capability, backed by solid SQL experience, who enjoys designing and building enterprise‑grade backend solutions. You’re comfortable operating in complex environments, working directly with business stakeholders and technical teams alike.

You’re adaptable, calm under pressure, and capable of supporting production systems when needed. You document clearly, communicate well, and take pride in disciplined engineering practices.

You’ll thrive here if you enjoy a fast‑paced environment and have experience with:

• Pega – ideally 3–4 years hands‑on
• Java – strong commercial experience
• SQL – ideally with Oracle exposure

Your broader technical toolkit

Our stack and problem space are broad, and you’ll likely have experience across many of the following:

• Java and Spring Boot
• Building and consuming REST APIs
• Writing and optimising SQL queries
• Oracle backend procedures and functions
• Azure DevOps (source control, pipelines, work tracking)
• Enterprise backend architecture
• System integration in complex ecosystems

Nice to have

• Banking or financial services experience
• Exposure to Oracle FLEXCUBE

Why Heartland?

Heartland has recently welcomed Andre Sampaio, formerly COO of PwC’s Global AI Factory, to lead the delivery of an intelligent, AI‑enabled platform powering fully digital, end‑to‑end customer journeys at scale.

This is not bolt‑on AI. This is AI‑first platform engineering — simplifying our tech estate and laying foundations that future teams and products will depend on.

Our engineering model is deliberately senior‑only:

• Small teams
• High trust
• Real architectural ownership
• No layers of hand‑offs

We work from the office four days a week because the problems are complex. Being together accelerates design decisions, drives deeper collaboration, and helps us ship the right solutions faster.

If you’re looking for a role where your experience is valued, your decisions matter, and you’re building platforms with long‑term impact — we’d love to talk.

A bit about us and what we do
Heartland is an NZX/ASX-listed financial services group with big growth plans. Heartland owns both Heartland Bank in New Zealand and Heartland Bank in Australia. We provide award-winning savings and finance products to a diverse range of customers including business owners, farmers and retirees. Heartland's strategy is to digitalise everything we do, enabling us to provide customers with what they need in a scalable way. We can then pass those benefits onto the customer through faster service and better rates.

Can you see yourself here?
We're innovative and always evolving. We work together as one team and have big ambition. We're committed to creating a culture of inclusivity that celebrates our diverse backgrounds and supports the wellbeing of our people. We offer real opportunities for learning and career development. You can also drive change through our internal groups (including Manawa Whenua - our Māori group, the Rainbow Committee, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and our Green Team).

Diversity & Inclusion

At Heartland, we're proud to celebrate the many characteristics that make each of us different. We are committed to improving the inclusiveness of our workplace, enabling our people to be authentic and helping us better understand and respond to our customers. We're a Living Wage Employer, a Hearing Accredited Workplace, and have the Rainbow Tick.

Heartland is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage everyone to apply and we welcome everyone to the team. Please let us know if you need any adjustments throughout the application or interview process including a sign language interpreter or speech-to-text reporter. In your application, feel free to let us know what your pronouns are (for example, she/her, he/him, they/them etc).

Keen to learn more?

For an insight into life at Heartland, check out https://youtu.be/Sti0louBCw0video, our Instagram @heartlandbanknz or follow us on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/heartland-bank-nz.

Please note you must be eligible to work in New Zealand.