Staff Software Engineer

Posted:
10/11/2024, 6:10:44 AM

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

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

  • You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential

  • We are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking

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

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

Retail Technology is responsible for the world-leading application of technology and operations across every aspect of CommBank - from innovative product platforms for our customers, to essential tools within our business. We also use technology to drive simplicity and better banking, an essential component of great customer service underpinning a strong emphasis on software development as a craft and the adoption of industry best engineering practices.

You’ll be part of the Product Innovation & Growth value Stream within the Everyday Products Crew, which are responsible for leading and developing new products and propositions. They play a critical role in shaping the everyday banking growth agenda and enhancing the customer experience, leveraging and contributing to our modern technology estate.

As a Staff 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 will be a contributing to technology stack and instrumental to shaping the technical capabilities as well are uplifting engineers around you. 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:

  • Owns and develops technical strategy as well as overseeing medium to complex engineering initiatives.

  • Leads the development of strategic programs of work, including Proof of Concept developments.

  • Designs and delivers innovative technical solutions to strategic business problems.

  • Collaborates with engineers to build and deploy multiple technology solutions that will help in defining current and future states, as well as the roadmap.

  • Have demonstrated experience in translating the project vision into actionable plans.

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

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

  • Constructively challenges the status quo while influencing stakeholders at various levels.

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:

  • Backend - C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core

  • Frontend - React, Angular

  • Cloud - AWS, Lambda, EC2

  • Expertise with Microservices, Rest API Integration, Solution Design and Architecture

  • DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines - TeamCity, GitHub Actions 

  • Shift-left mindset - developing and maintaining automation, unit, integration & UI testing through use of mocks

  • Databases - NoSQL, Mongo DB, Aurora DB

  • Monitoring and observability tools - Splunk, Grafana, Observe, CloudWatch, AppDynamics

  • Any experience with the following would be great - Kafka, Banking domain

Working with us:  

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

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. We’re looking for people who truly live our values: Care, Courage and Commitment and we’ll offer you great opportunities to develop your career with us.

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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Advertising End Date: 10/11/2024

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