Software Specialist (Release Engineer)

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Location: Albany – Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland

Mō Mātou | About us

At ASB, we believe progress is more than just financial - it's about helping New Zealanders, communities, and our environment thrive together. We're a purpose-led organisation with a proud history and a clear vision: to support Kiwis in getting one step ahead. Our work is guided by strong values - care, courage and curiosity - and brought to life by a diverse team of people who genuinely care about making a difference.

As one of Aotearoa's most trusted banking partners, we combine the stability and scale of a large organisation with a culture that ensures you're recognised as an individual. Your ideas, your growth, and your contribution matter here - and you'll be supported to do meaningful work that has a real impact, every day.

Mō te Tūranga | About the role

As a Software Specialist (Release Engineer), you’ll sit at the heart of engineering delivery - enabling teams to ship high-quality software to production frequently, safely, and at scale.

This is a senior, hands-on role where you’ll combine deep engineering capability with release engineering and DevOps expertise. You’ll lead how we design, build, and optimise CI/CD pipelines, coordinate complex release activities across squads, and embed automation and reliability into everything we deploy.

You’ll play a key role in improving lead time, reducing release risk, and driving a more mature, continuous delivery capability across our platforms.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Designing, managing, and optimising CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
• Leading complex, multi-team release activities across distributed systems and platforms
• Driving automation across build, test, deploy, and release workflows
• Ensuring release quality through strong engineering standards, environment consistency, and deployment controls
• Partnering with engineering, platform, and testing teams to manage dependencies and release readiness
• Supporting production deployments, incident response, and continuous improvement of release stability
• Embedding DevOps practices to improve deployment frequency, reduce failure rates, and increase recovery speed
• Coaching engineers and lifting capability across release engineering and delivery practices

Ngā mea kia whai angitū ahau? | What will help me succeed?

You’ll bring strong engineering fundamentals, combined with hands-on release and DevOps experience:

• Proven experience in release engineering, DevOps, or build & deployment engineering roles, ideally within a Salesforce
• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
• Solid understanding of software delivery pipelines, automation, and release orchestration
• Experience working in cloud environments (Azure preferred)
• Experience orchestrating releases for the Salesforce platform.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices (version control, automated testing, infrastructure as code)
• Experience coordinating releases across multiple systems, environments, or squads
• Ability to balance speed, quality, risk, and reliability in delivery decisions
• Strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to work across engineering, platform, and business teams
• A mindset focused on continuous improvement, automation, and operational excellence

He aha tā mātou | What can we offer

Get the work-life equation right. We know life is full of priorities, from soccer practice to side hobbies. We're here to help you find balance, with a flexible and supportive working environment.

What's important to you is important to us. We support your wellbeing in meaningful ways, including comprehensive health insurance, wellness initiatives, parental and flexible leave, and customisable benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Bring your whole self to work every day. Whether you're into scrapbooking, spontaneous karaoke sessions, or just spending time with family, ASB is working hard to create a culture where everyone feels safe, included and part of our shared purpose of helping Kiwi get one step ahead.

The whole “one step ahead” thing applies to you, too. With mentorship, flexible learning pathways, and opportunities to deepen your expertise, ASB is a place where you can take on exciting challenges and grow your career.

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

We know great people come from all sorts of backgrounds, and you don’t need to tick every box to apply. What matters most is you bring your unique strengths and enthusiasm to the team.

To be considered, all applications need to go through our online career channels and will be treated with confidentiality. Check out the position description to find out more.

We appreciate the time and effort you put into applying and will keep you updated throughout the process.