Senior Solution Designer - EmpowerUp26

Are you an experienced Senior Solutions Designer looking to return to the Tech industry after a career break? 

Westpac understands that re-entering the workforce can be challenging, especially in the fast-paced world of technology.

That's why we're offering the Empower Up Tech Returnship program to help you get your career back on track. Whether you've taken time off for parenting, travel, caregiving, or personal health, our program is designed to support your transition back into the tech field.

• →Engage business and technology stakeholders to define requirements and produce end‑to‑end solution design artefacts aligned to enterprise standards 
• →Lead solution design workshops and collaborate with delivery squads to shape scalable, implementation‑ready solutions 
• →Act as the subject matter expert, owning solution design across the lifecycle and supporting risk, issue, and gap analysis 
• →Define and document solution architectures, including interface contracts, ensuring solutions meet functional and non‑functional requirements 
• →Ensure designs are sustainable, secure, cost‑effective, and compliant with governance, architecture standards, policies, and controls 
• →Deliver user‑centred digital and AI‑enabled solutions across customer and staff channels, maintaining design integrity through implementation

• Experience delivering modern, web‑based digital solutions with strong system integration and RESTful API experience 
• Background working in regulated environments, ideally within financial services (Wealth or Business Banking) 
• Exposure to AI‑assisted delivery, including designing AI‑enabled or data‑driven features 
• Experience integrating machine learning or AI services and working with cloud‑native digital platforms and front‑end frameworks 
• Working knowledge of Java, JSON, SQL, and scripting languages 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with confidence to challenge designs, assumptions, and risks, and high attention to detail in documentation