Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

• We're embarking on an exciting Digital Transformation program and are ready to push the boundaries and deliver engineering best practices to elevate the digital experience of our customers

• You have knowledge and experience that spans both development and architecture, including data engineering, modelling and cloud architecture

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

Do Work That Matters
We're building tomorrow's bank today, which means we need creative and diverse engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Envisioning new technologies that are still waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia's future economy.
Here, you'll have the chance to bring your passion to life by working with the latest technology on ground breaking projects that deliver a seamless and unmatched customer experience.
See Yourself in Our Team
This role is part of the Data Product Capability Crew within Chief Data Analytic Office (CDAO) , where we design and deliver cutting-edge technology solutions that serve data and analytical use-cases with Institutional Banking and Markets.
We are seeking an outstanding Senior Engineer to join our team and help to shape the data and analytics platforms that we are building.
We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Are passionate about building next generation data platforms and data pipeline solution across the bank.

• Constantly thinking outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex data problems.

• Can collaborate, co-create and contribute to existing Data Engineering practices in the team.

• Enjoy and have demonstrable experience building enterprise software

• Have a broad technology background with engineering as a core competency

Skills Required:
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 (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team;

• Strong hand-on experience through all stages of SDLC. Advocacy of design-first programming approach to ensure adoption of best engineering practice

• Sound understanding of Data Modelling concepts (e.g. conceptual/logical/physical modelling)

• Proficiency in programming languages like Python or Java or others for experimentation and executing quick proof of concepts.

• Integration experience with exposure to REST APIs, GraphQL, nodeJS, Swagger and KAFKA

• Experience in AWS services such as Glue, EMR, S3, Redshift and Serverless lambda.

• Strong knowledge of SQL for writing, optimizing, and debugging queries.

• Familiarity with database design, indexing, and normalization principles.

• Proficiency in automation tools and scripting (e.g., bash scripting, cron jobs)

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to create positive influence on engineering community across the group and capable of selling ideas to senior technology stakeholders

Working with us
Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.  

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!