Staff Software Engineer

Commonwealthbank — Australia · Posted ~7 hours ago

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Skills

Software engineering Technical leadership Cloud-native development System design Secure software development Scalable distributed systems Resilient services Technical strategy Engineering mentorship Cloud-native platforms Data platforms AI

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Take on a Staff Software Engineer role with hands-on technical leadership responsibilities. You will design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and resilient services supporting critical decision-making systems. The position combines technical strategy with implementation, close collaboration across product and engineering functions, mentorship, and improvements to engineering standards, with exposure to cloud-native platforms, data products, and AI-enabled solutions.

Highlights

Hands-on technical leadership role focused on designing, building, and operating secure, scalable, and resilient services. The position provides opportunities to shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, improve engineering practices, and work with modern cloud, data, and AI technologies.

Description

You are passionate, driven, flexible and collaborativeWe are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of bankingTogether we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation Do work that matters Join CommBank and help shape the future of banking through modern engineering, cloud-native platforms, data products and AI-enabled solutions. As a Staff Software Engineer within the Credit Risk Profile Squad, you'll play a hands-on technical leadership role designing, building and operating secure, scalable and resilient services that support credit risk decisioning across the Bank. Working closely with product, architecture and engineering teams, you'll help translate technical strategy into high-quality solutions while mentoring engineers and uplifting engineering practices. See yourself in our team Be part of the team driving enterprise-wide transformation at CommBank. Corporate Technology delivers the modern platforms, enterprise data and critical systems that power the Bank's Operations and Corporate functions. You'll collaborate across diverse teams, solve complex technology challenges and help shape the future of one of Australia's leading organisations. Within the Customer Data Domain, the Credit Risk Profile Squad is building cloud-based services, reusable APIs and data products that enable scalable, real-time credit risk capabilities across the Bank. In this role you will: Design, build and operate cloud-native services, APIs and data productsDeliver scalable solutions that support credit risk decisioning.Contribute to modern service-domain and event-driven architecturesLead technical design, code reviews and complex problem solving.Champion engineering excellence across testing, observability and operational readinessSupport modernisation initiatives and migration of legacy platformsMentor engineers and help strengthen engineering capability across the squad We're interested in hearing from people who: Have strong experience building and operating software at scale.Bring expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices.Have experience with distributed systems, streaming or event-driven architectures.Thrive in a "you build it, you run it" environment.Have modernised legacy platforms into cloud-native services.Enjoy mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction.Are curious about AI-enabled engineering and emerging technologies. Technical Skills Engineering: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices Cloud & Platforms: AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Cloud-Native Architecture Data & Streaming: SQL, NoSQL, Apache Flink, Data Products, Event Streaming DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Artifactory, Kargo Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty Working with us At CommBank, we're committed to creating an accessible, inclusive and respectful workplace. If you require support or adjustments, please let us know. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and we're particularly committed to making a positive difference for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For support please contact 1800 989 696. 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. We're aware of some accessibility issues on this site, particularly for screen reader users. We want to make finding your dream job as easy as possible, so if you require additional support please contact HR Direct on 1800 989 696. Advertising End Date: 19/09/2026