You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential
We are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking
Together we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading 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.
CommBank is recognised as leading the industry in IT and operations with its world-class platforms and processes, agile IT infrastructure, and innovation in everything from payments to internet banking and mobile apps. Our Software team are the brains behind Australia’s number one banking app, Netbank, Cardless Cash, Comm Sec Pocket and Spend Tracker. We go beyond a passion for web and mobile development, creating reliable APIs at a unique scale in Australia. And you could be a part of that journey.
Here, you’ll turn your passion into reality. You’ll be working with modern technology on state-of-the-art projects to enable a seamless and unrivalled customer experience. You will build high quality, reliable solutions that determine how millions of people access their money and define future industry trends.
See yourself in our team
Institutional Banking and Markets (IB&M) is responsible for managing the Group’s relationships with major corporate and government clients and institutional investors, and provides a full range of capital raising, transactional and risk management products and services. Within IB&M technology our mission is to combine the next generation of technology, with leading banking and markets capabilities to help our clients succeed. We’re building empowered and autonomous engineering teams that are product focused and responsible for end-end delivery.
The position represents a key senior engineering role as the leader of a team charged with building and running the bank’s FX Settlement system as well as delivering complex, cloud-based integration assets in the Global Markets domain. You’ll play an important role in steering the organisation by providing expert advice relating to technology, solution design and architecture, people leadership and hiring. You will bring a perfect blend of people management and technical expertise and will be responsible for shaping the evolution of the technical squad by contributing to the technology strategy, drafting quarterly crew memos, prioritising backlog, defining delivery roadmaps, and deciding which problems to invest in solving.
We’re interested in hearing from people who
Have demonstrated experience in leading high-performing cross-functional engineering teams with a solid technical background.
Effectively communicate engineering practice standards and consistent ways of working across squads and CBA that align to global best practice.
Drives a true DevSecOps mindset, where engineering owns what they build and truly value customer feedback.
Have worked with a wide group of enablers, including user experience designers, customer operations, accessibility advocates and product owners.
Promote open communication and create a safe working environment where our engineers’ voices are heard to achieve great outcomes for our organisation, our customers, and the community.
Encourages risk-taking and constructively challenges the status quo while influencing stakeholders and building diverse and inclusive teams.
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:
Strong hands-on experience with any of the technologies like Python, Bash, Perl, Shell scripting Java, Kafka, React.js/Next.js
Sound knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, Microservices, and Rest API Integration
Cloud - AWS (preferred) or Azure
CI/CD pipeline - GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Octopus
Data & Analytical - Advanced SQL skills
Deep understanding of the value that AI can bring to engineering productivity
Highly desirable: Performance tuning of SQL, SSL standard for secure encrypted communications
Working with us
Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by software engineering, or called by creativity, a career with us is for you.
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.
Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. We’re looking for people who truly live our values: Care, Courage and Commitment and we’ll offer you great opportunities to develop your career with us.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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