Staff Software Engineer
Commonwealth Bank of Australia4 days ago
Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, AustraliaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across teams and influence engineering direction, architecture, and technical standards.
- Design, build, and evolve secure, scalable, and resilient software platforms and distributed systems.
- Lead architecture and design decisions and modernise platforms using cloud-native and event-driven approaches.
- Champion software quality, testing, observability, security, resilience, and operational excellence.
- Own solutions from design and development through deployment, production operations, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor engineers, grow technical capability, and support modern and AI-enabled engineering practices.
Requirements
- Experienced software engineer who can solve complex technical problems, influence engineering direction, and help teams deliver technology.
- Deep expertise across several areas of modern software engineering; experience across every technology in the environment is not required.
- Experience with backend technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and TypeScript.
- Experience building APIs, microservices, and secure, high-performance distributed applications.
- Experience with cloud-native engineering using AWS, Kubernetes, containerisation, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging technologies such as Kafka.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, resilience, and ownership of software throughout its production lifecycle.
- Experience providing technical leadership, making architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and influencing engineering standards across teams.
Benefits
- Sydney or Melbourne location.
- CommBank offers an accessible, inclusive, and respectful workplace and support or adjustments for applicants who require them.
- Applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds, with a particular commitment to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
- Advertising end date: 20/11/2026.
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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.