# Software Engineer - Java, Kafka & Market Data

Create your best future and join the Reference and Market Data Services squad in Connected Markets as an Engineer. What’s the role? Join 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. What do I need? Strong software engineering experience with Core Java. Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting and SQL/relational databases. Experience developing Kafka/Avro integrations, APIs and automated testing. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability across distributed systems. Ideally, experience with reference data, market data, pricing data or vendor data services within Capital Markets. Exp

- **Id**: 4058913
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/westpac-software-engineer-java-kafka-market-data>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sydney, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **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**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2814
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Commercial & Retail Banks, Business & SME Lending

## Company

- **Id**: 1766325
- **Name**: Westpac
- **Domain**: westpac.com.au
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/westpac-com-au>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **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

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Unix** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **Confluence** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Australia** — Iso: AU; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T07:07:29Z

## 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**: 2026-11-11T09:21:31Z

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