{"id":4058913,"url":"https://alion.io/job/westpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data","title":"Software Engineer - Java, Kafka & Market Data","company":{"id":1766325,"name":"Westpac","domain":"westpac.com.au","url":"https://alion.io/company/westpac-com-au","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":14,"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Sydney, Australia"],"countries":["AU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Apache Kafka","optional":false},{"name":"Grafana","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Unix","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"Confluence","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T05:24:43Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T07:07:29Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Create your best future and join the Reference and Market Data Services squad in Connected Markets as an Engineer.\nWhat’s the role?\nJoin the Reference and Market Data Services squad within Connected Markets, building and supporting the services that acquire, manage, enrich and distribute critical reference, market and pricing data across Financial Markets. You’ll develop Core Java services, Kafka/Avro integrations and APIs, working with data from platforms including Refinitiv Workspace and DataScope Select, Bloomberg, EBS, IRESS, FXT, FITS and NeoXam. You’ll help transform source data into trusted, reusable data services for trading, risk, finance, regulatory and analytics platforms, while troubleshooting distributed systems and providing L3 production support.\nWhat do I need?\nStrong software engineering experience with Core Java.\nHands-on experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting and SQL/relational databases.\nExperience developing Kafka/Avro integrations, APIs and automated testing.\nStrong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability across distributed systems.\nIdeally, experience with reference data, market data, pricing data or vendor data services within Capital Markets.\nExposure to market-data platforms such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg, EBS or IRESS would be highly regarded.\nExperience with ELK, Grafana, production support and observability is desirable.\nExposure to AI-assisted coding tools, Agile delivery, JIRA and Confluence would also be beneficial.\nWhy join us?\nWe’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:\nSpecial offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!\n\nFlexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.\n\nTailored learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career within the bank.\n\nLots of opportunities to give back to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives\n\nCreate your future today\nTo get started, simply click on the APPLY button\nWe’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.\nIf you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page, under the Diversity, sustainability and flexibility section.\n#LI - Hybrid","description_format":"text","description_chars":2814,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Australia","iso":"AU","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commercial & Retail Banks","Business & SME Lending"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-11T07:07:29Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":14,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-11T09:20:33Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/westpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/westpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T09:20:33Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15431,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1766325},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1766325"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwestpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwestpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwestpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/westpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwestpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4058913}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"westpac.com.au","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4058913},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}