Staff Software Engineer

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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 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

The CBA technology unit delivers the best digital banking services to Commonwealth Bank customers and to do so is responsible for digital delivery, group data and analytics, technology and technology infrastructure, cyber, fraud, physical security and business resilience for all divisions across CBA.

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer who is passionate about building impactful products, thrives in a Product Operating Model, and is eager to take full ownership of solving real user problems. You will join a cross-functional, empowered team, working side-by-side with a Product Owner/Manager and Designer to form the core product trio. This team is responsible for enhancing the CommBank Home Loans digital experience by creating and personalising tools for existing, new and prospective customers. Your role goes beyond coding: you will contribute to ideation, design, implementation, testing, release, and ongoing improvement of our products. We value a product engineer mindset—where you care as much about the product's success and user experience as you do about code.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Possesses full-cycle engineering experiences: system design (architecture), build, testing (unit, integration, system), release, and ongoing maintenance.
• Partners as part of a core trio (Product, Design, Engineering) to deeply understand business and user problems, and co-create solutions.
• Leads technical design, architecture, and implementation for new and existing features, providing thought leadership and influencing technology direction across the team.
• Actively embraces and integrates AI-driven solutions (including LLMs and agentic AI approaches) to enhance our engineering workflows and product capabilities.
• Proven ability to provide technical thought leadership: influencing engineering culture, evaluating and introducing new technologies, guiding team direction, mentors and supports other engineers
• Are quality-focused and take pride in delivering well-tested, robust, and maintainable software. Also, comfortable owning testing responsibilities as there is no separate QA.
• Embraces change and ambiguity, taking initiative in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Have experimental and end-to-end ownership mindset, deliver with minimum supervision.

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:

• Strong expertise in frontend with , , Typescript
• Advanced proficiency in backend development in , .NET Core, .NET Framework
• Demonstrated experience in solution design and architecture principles
• Expertise with Microservices, Restful API design pattern
• Working knowledge of public cloud engineering - AWS preferred
• Understanding of DevOps, CI-CD pipeline - TeamCity, Octopus, GitHub Actions
• Any experience with the following: AI/ML development, Prompt engineering, integrating agentic AI in the software development process, leading small technical teams

Working with us

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

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in the Sydney 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.

Here, you'll thrive. You'll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

If this sounds like you, apply now

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• Mid-Senior level

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