Principal Software Engineer (Dot Net/Node JS, React, AI)

Principal Software Engineer (Dot Net/Node JS, React, AI)

• You are a problem solver with a strong background in software engineering

• We are a growing team within the bank and constantly involved in industry changing solutions

• Together we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading engineering, technology, and innovation 

Do work that matters 

Our approach is to empower every engineer to be a source of ideas and action, embracing the Full Cycle model — where engineers are involved in the Design, Build, Challenge, and Run aspects. This is your chance to redefine the craft of engineering, shape our culture, and deliver impactful, scalable solutions that will significantly impact our customers, employees, and the broader community.

We are in the process of uplifting and re-innovating our digital platforms. As part of this exciting new Greenfield project, you will design and build a modern digital experience from scratch at Australia’s largest bank. This undertaking will see you use your design and technical leadership capabilities to directly reach and enhance the digital lives of over 9 million Commbank customers every day.

See yourself in our team

You will be part of the technology leadership team of FCO Reimagined crew in Financial Crime Operations domain.  As a Principal Software Engineer for our crew, you’ll partner with stakeholders to design overall tech direction, advise and influence on technologies and complex integration strategies, and AI enablement. In this role, you will support the crew to deliver an ambitious vision against our customer objectives: to create enduring technology differentiation with unmatched digital experiences built on decoupled, resilient, and reliable technology foundations.

We are passionate about empowering businesses and individuals to succeed with the next horizon of technology to become the leading digital business bank in Australia. We also use technology to drive simplicity and better banking, an essential component of great customer service underpinning a strong emphasis on software development as a craft and the adoption of industry best engineering practices.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

• Possesses full-cycle engineering experience: ideation, technical design, build, testing (unit, integration, system), release, and ongoing maintenance.

• Provides overall engineering leadership for the platform including software, systems, quality and site reliability.

• Can Influence the future of the company’s technology estate every day

• Can create a culture focussed on accelerating the adoption of new and emerging technologies

• Have knowledge of or experience in enterprise Gen AI and agentic AI tools

• Have demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging AI tools and integrate them into engineering workflows

• Have proficiency in agile development methodologies and iterative experimentation from ideation to prototype to pilot to product

• Have ability to design technology solutions to meet the highest possible quality standards while simultaneously balancing security, performance, availability, and maintainability concerns.

• Are well versed with solution architecture, technology blueprints, engineering roadmaps, and translating the project vision into actionable plans.

Tech Skills:

We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these will set you up for success in this team:

• Frontend - React, Typescript, Next.js

• Backend - .NET Core, C#, Node.js, GraphQL

• Cloud - AWS (Preferred)

• Databases - SQL, NoSQL

• CI/CD tools - GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform Enterprise, Artefactory

• Observability - Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Observe, CloudWatch

• Security - Vault, Security Management, Parameter Store, AWS Certificate Manager, AWS Secrets Manager

• Any experience with the following would be highly advantageous.

  • Experience with AI/ML and Gen AI applications and how they can enhance software engineering processes to improve productivity

  • Experience building RAGs using LlamaIndex, LangChain, or similar frameworks

  • Experience building Agentic AI systems using AutoGen, SemanticKernel, Pydantic, or similar frameworks is preferred

Working with us: 

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. One where we’re driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers from across all of Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you’re interested in.

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today!