Principal Software Engineer (cba)

Job Description

• You are a Principal Engineers who’s passionate about improving the reliability and operability of mission-critical services.

• We are solving the biggest puzzles in the Australian financial services industry.

• Enjoy employee banking benefits and over 600 staff deal!

Do work that matters

We're building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need world class Engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Our Engineering team are the brains behind Australia’s number one banking app, Netbank, Cardless Cash, Comm Sec Pocket and Spend Tracker.

CommBank is embarking on a rebuild of our Engineering culture as well as a significant part of our Enterprise. Everything from payments to internet banking and mobile apps, as well as legacy monoliths will be rebuilt over the coming years. This is a significant opportunity to do help rebuild the craft of Engineering at Commbank as well as influence our Culture and do important, impactful Engineering at scale which will make a material difference to Australians and the Australian economy. If that sounds interesting, we’d like you to be part of the journey.

See yourself in our team

Retail Technology is responsible for the world-leading technology across every aspect of CommBank and Bankwest Retail. From innovative product platforms built on AWS using GenAI, to essential tools within our business. We use technology to help our Engineers do their best work to support our customer facing teams to deliver class leading products, experiences, and service.

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be a core member of our team. You will provide core technology and domain expertise to inform technical strategy be responsible for the design of the solutions for complex challenges within a business unit. You’ll have a strong risk mindset and take a security from the first line of code approach. Those around you to invest in their own engineering craft, as well as building class leading applications is something that you’ll be passionate about.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

• Have experience decomposing monoliths.

  • Or experience of building microservices at scale

  • Or experience of building APIs at scale > 1000 TPS

  • Or experience of building event driven applications

• Have real world experience of operating microservices in the DevSecOps model.

• Have real world experience of addressing Tech Debt using a commercially focused and pragmatic approach.

• Have real world experience of building high performing Engineering teams and upskilling lower performing teams.

• Identifies, gains support, and ensures execution of technical direction and strategy for the business.

• Designs and implements solutions to complex problems, including onboarding and migrating to new tooling as well as removing obsolete systems and code.

• Encourages risk-taking and constructively challenges the status quo while influencing stakeholders and building diverse and inclusive teams.

Skills Required

This is a highly technical role, requiring a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. You’ll be a good match if you have previous experience in:

• Developing 3-tier application both on-premises and on cloud covering:

  • Frontend: React and Redux (Preferred) or Angular.

  • Backend: .Net Core (preferred), C#.

  • Database: SQL and NoSQL experience (both admin and usage).

• Microservices design and implementation of highly scalable APIs.

• Scripting/programming languages (i.e., JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Python).

• CI/CD tools (i.e., GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Octopus).

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).

• Automated Quality Engineering and Testing (Unit Testing, Regression Testing).

• Solution and System Design.

• Application Security.

• Observability.

• Code quality control through peer programming, code review and automated pipeline release management.

• Mentoring and coaching other Engineers.

Working with us:  

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with us is for you. 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. Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations (Sydney, Melbourne & Perth).

If you're ready to be part of a forward-thinking company that values innovation, teamwork, and security, apply now and help shape the future of fintech 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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