Staff Platform Engineer - Real Time Payments & PaaS

Posted:
7/8/2025, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⋅ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⋅ New South Wales, Australia ⋅ Victoria, Australia

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

  • World-Class technologies, tools and engineering teams.
  • Flexibility with Hybrid WFH and centrally located modern offices.
  • Innovation driven environment with limitless development opportunities.

Do Work that Matters

Join a team at the forefront of modernising Australia’s payment infrastructure. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and integrating scalable platform solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud environments. You’ll be part of a crew that powers real-time payments for millions of Australians, with a strong focus on quality, automation, and operational excellence.

Your Impact and Contribution

Reporting to the Chapter Lead, Payments Quality Engineering and Testing, you’ll own the end-to-end maintenance, quality testing and deployment lifecycle of payments platforms, ensuring seamless integration and delivery across environments. As such, your responsibilities may include, though not limited to;

  • Designing, developing, and managing platform solutions that span on-prem and multi-cloud (AWS) environments.
  • Leading CI/CD pipeline development and optimization.
  • Implementing and managing a comprehensive test automation framework to ensure rigorous quality assurance across payment platforms.
  • Building and maintaining ephemeral environments for testing and development, enabling rapid iterative development and testing cycles.
  • Automating operational tasks using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
  • Integrating observability tools to enhance system visibility and reliability.
  • Managing the full DevOps lifecycle, from build to release, with a focus on security, scalability, and performance.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional squads to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Proven experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles within cloud environments.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in AWS, CI/CD tooling, and scripting for automation.
  • A deep understanding of observability practices and tools.
  • Solid experience in end-to-end testing, including test automation and quality assurance practices, with a focus on implementing robust testing frameworks.
  • Experience in building and managing ephemeral test environments to facilitate agile development processes.
  • Experience managing secure deployments and infrastructure-as-code.
  • A passion for solving complex problems and driving engineering excellence.

Why Join Us

  • Work with cutting-edge technologies and industry-leading practices.
  • Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team.
  • Access to world-class tools, learning opportunities, and career development.
  • Competitive remuneration, bonus, and staff benefit.

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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Commonwealth Bank Australia

Website: https://commbank.com.au/

Headquarter Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1911

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: Banking ⋅ Finance ⋅ Financial Services ⋅ Wealth Management