Staff Software Engineer
Commonwealth Bank of Australia3 days ago
Sydney, AustraliaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build scalable, resilient Python solutions for quantitative and trading workflows on the Beacon platform.
- Own complex features and services from design through production.
- Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions.
- Improve reliability, automation, observability, and developer productivity.
- Collaborate with Quants, Trading, Product, Architecture, and engineering teams.
- Lead engineering standards, code quality, mentoring, and continuous improvement across teams.
Requirements
- Deep Python engineering and system design expertise with experience building complex, production-grade software.
- Strong knowledge of financial markets, particularly trading and derivatives, plus experience with quant teams or quantitative trading environments.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, design patterns, clean code, and automated testing.
- Experience designing cloud-native, distributed, or data-intensive applications, APIs, and architectures.
- Strong understanding of AWS, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code, including tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Terraform.
- Experience with containerisation, orchestration, observability, monitoring, and production support using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of secure software development and DevSecOps best practices.
- AWS Certified Solution Architect or Software Developer certification.
- Knowledge of FX products, particularly currency swaps, and exposure to pricing, risk, trading, or quantitative platforms are advantageous.
Benefits
- Flexible working options, including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements, and job sharing.
- At least half of each month connecting in the Sydney office, with technology hubs also available in Melbourne and Perth.
- Hiring is available across Australia.
About Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is an ASX-listed bank headquartered in Sydney that provides retail, business, and institutional banking, payments, and wealth services across Australia. Its offerings include transaction and savings accounts, home and business lending, cards, merchant services, digital banking, superannuation, and investment platforms such as CommSec. Founded in 1911, the bank serves millions of customers through branches, contact centres, and online channels.