• We're embarking on an engineering transformation program and ready to push the boundaries.

• You have knowledge that spans both development and operations, including coding, infrastructure management, system admin/engineering and DevOps Toolchains.

• Together we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading engineering, technology, and innovation.

Do work that matters

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is accountable for ensuring Enterprise Services (ES) will attract, develop and retain the best people, enhancing our reputation as an agile Engineering and Architecture led Technology organisation, creating simple and enduring products and services for our employees, customers and shareholders.

As a member of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), you will contribute to all aspects of the technology products and services we deliver, from technical strategy and design to coding to deployment to operation. Our CTO products and services are leveraged across all Business Unit Platforms within the Bank to deliver industry-leading software including: CommBank App, Netbank, CommSee, CommSec, CommBiz and Commbank.com.au

Here, you’ll turn your passion into reality. You’ll be working with modern technology on state-of-the-art projects to enable a seamless and unrivalled customer experience. You will build high quality, reliable solutions that determine how millions of people access their money and define future industry trends.

We’re building empowered and autonomous engineering teams that are product focused and responsible for end-end delivery.

See yourself in our team

The Staff Engineer develops and tests efficient, reliable, and maintainable application components and solutions to meet design specifications for technology projects and operations. Play a mentoring role in providing design and technical assistance to other members of the team.

Our platforms and frameworks enable outstanding design and simple, intuitive features used by millions of people. We are constantly striving to be the best in digital, pushing the boundaries to provide an unrivalled, personalised user experience across every product. 

Our team is collaborative, supportive, and keen to share knowledge. We emphasise open communication, quality work and a culture of excellence. Here you will experience flexibility, great rewards, and the opportunity to drive your own career growth. We are dedicated to growing our people and encourage you to follow your thirst for knowledge across CommBank’s diverse tech stack.

We’re interested in hearing from you if

• You're passionate about building developing and deploying high quality software solutions.

• You're actively involved in continuous learning, experimentation and innovation while contributing to the definition & governance of our standards and best practices.

• You're ready to apply and promote industry best patterns and practices, driving high quality outcomes to solve core business objectives.

• You're capable of providing accurate estimates for the development effort for new features.

• You're constantly thinking outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex technical problems.

Technical Skills

We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We do not expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team.

• Project and Product planning tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) 

• Build and hosting technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) 

• Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Cross Plane, Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Template) 

• Source code control tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) 

• CI/CD pipeline tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS (Amazon Web Service) CloudFormation + AWS Code Pipeline, Azure DevOps, Bitrise) 

• Observability tools (e.g., Splunk) 

• Continuous Feedback tools (e.g., ServiceNow, JIRA service management, InstaBug)  

Advanced in at least 1 to 2 programming languages and sounds understanding in others below:  

• Back-end runtime: C# .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Golang.  

• Scripting language: YAML, JavaScript, Shell script  

• Command-line interface: Unix, PowerShell, AWS cli, vi, vim 

• Front-end: ReactJS, Angular 

• Mobile: iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin) 

• Databases: SQL DB (SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Aurora) and NoSQL DB (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, Snowflake, Google Big Query)  

• Automated testing frameworks: Module based, library architecture, Data Driven, Keyword Drive, Behaviour Driven.  

Expert and enterprise experience in modern application design patterns: 

• REST API services 

• Containers services 

• Serverless application 

• Deep knowledge and understanding of different hosting pattern covering IaaS (Infrastructure as a service), CaaS (Container as a Services), PaaS (Platform as a Service), SaaS (Software as a service) 

Enterprise experience in at least one of the following cloud hosting platforms: 

• AWS cloud – desirable  

• Microsoft Azure 

• Google Cloud Platform  

Working with us

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.  

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. 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. 

Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers from across all of Australia, you’ll be empowered to do your best work and be given the choice on when and where that work happens. We really love working here, and we think you will too. 

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