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.
See yourself in our team
You’ll be part of the Home Buying team, which is committed to creating a brighter future for all Australians by unlocking the dream of Home Ownership. This is achieved through the end-to-end management of the Bank’s Home Loan business, including distribution through proprietary and third-party channels, acquisition, retention, customer experience, risk management, change, and ongoing improvement.
As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be responsible for leading, promoting continuous improvement, developing technical roadmaps, and improving the quality of technical solutions by implementing industry best practises. You'll also work closely with other technical leaders and product owners to document new changes and drive various initiatives. It will be key that you are able communicate well with the rest of the squad members, provide technical guidance and mentoring to the engineers in the team, while being exposed to some interesting challenges. Also, you’ll be involved in all aspects of the delivery from solution design and development to production rollout.
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.
Collaborates with peers and helps grow capabilities within the squad and across the crew.
Actively embraces and integrates AI-driven solutions (including LLMs and agentic AI approaches) to enhance our engineering workflows and product capabilities.
Provides technical governance and guidance throughout the complete solution delivery lifecycle.
Have the ability to work independently and drive a culture where quality, excellence and openness are championed.
Are passionate about learning new tools and technologies and are constantly thinking outside the box.
Designs, documents and implements solutions to distribute source system data via bulk interfaces.
Contributes to complex delivery planning by providing guidance and oversight to ensure that technical deliveries are aligned with engineering direction and strategy.
Have ability to constructively challenge the status quo while influencing stakeholders at various levels.
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:
Full cycle design experience: design, build, challenge and run essential.
Backend experience with .NET
Frontend experience with React.js or Next.js
Strong expertise with designing scalable Microservices and APIs (GraphQL & REST)
Working knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, solution design and architecture principles
Experience with modern Cloud technology stacks (AWS preferred) and how it can most effectively be deployed into enterprise environments
Sound understanding of application and system security best practices
CI/CD Tools - Team City, Jenkins, Octopus, GitHub Actions
Observability tools such as Splunk, Prometheus & Grafana
Non-functional testing - Automation testing, Performance testing, Accessibility testing
Containerization using dockers
Any experience with the following would be great – Node.js, AI/ML
Working with us:
Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, 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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