Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

• You are determined to stay ahead of the latest Cloud data processing technologies

• We're one of the largest and most advanced Engineering teams in the country

• Together we can build state-of-the-art data solutions that power seamless experiences for millions of customers

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 

As a Staff Software 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:

• Possess the ability to work independently and drive a culture where quality, excellence and openness are championed.

• Are passionate about creating excellent modern mobile app experiences.

• Are constantly thinking outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex technical problems.

• Very good understanding and experience with Shift left testing techniques and the importance of it.

• Can utilise strong understanding of core business and technical strategies to deliver best business outcomes through technical implementation.

• Can mentor junior engineers and be able to contribute both individually and as a team player.

• Understands how to drive to an outcome – how to get stuff shipped, tested, and well considered.

• Are enthusiastic about leading and championing strategic practice development.

• Works well in teams and have strong collaboration skills in driving continuous improvement initiatives

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:

•  (Preferably) .NET (C#), JavaScript/Typescript. Nice to have - Python, Java

• UI web testing Frameworks - Playwright, Selenium

• Mobile Native testing framework - Appium, XCUITest, Espresso

• API Testing frameworks using any above preferred language

• Unit testing frameworks such as NUnit, XUnit, Jest, Mocha

• BDD/TDD - Any one of if Cucumber / Specflow / ReqNRoll or anything similar

• Testing frameworks and practices that supports different testing types in a testing lifecycle

Tools & Infrastructure: Good understanding and Hands-on experience with:

• Docker Test container setup to support isolated system test runs in pipelines

• Github and Github Action workflows 

• Understanding of AWS infrastructure around Compute services, VPC, ELB, CloudFormation, CDK, IAM, secret manager

• Mocking toolsets such as WireMock or similar

• Contract testing toolset such as Pact or similar

• Test environment and Test data management basics

• Test reporting tools such as Allure or similar

Working with us: 

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with an ultimate flexibility to work from any of our engineering hubs within Australia. 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.