Principal Software Engineer

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Commonwealth Bank Full time
Overview

Principal Software Engineer – Commonwealth Bank. The Engineering Platforms team is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join us, working with Commonwealth Bank's global engineering community to use internal and AI-assisted tools to improve the engineering experience and productivity.

Responsibilities
  • Work with CommBank's top engineers and AI experts to drive training, culture and experimentation so that engineers are making the best use of emerging technologies.
  • Design and implement solutions to complex problems, including onboarding and migrating to new tooling and removing obsolete systems and code.
  • Lead technical direction and strategy for the business and influence stakeholders while building diverse and inclusive teams.
  • Decompose monoliths, build microservices at scale, build data-intensive APIs, or develop event-driven applications.
  • Operate microservices in the DevSecOps model and support high-performing engineering teams.
Skills and Experience
  • Have real-world experience operating microservices in the DevSecOps model.
  • Have real-world experience building high-performing engineering teams and upskilling lower performing teams.
  • Identify, gain support for, and execute technical direction and strategy for the business.
Technical Skills
  • Cloud: AWS, Serverless, Containers, and VM Hosting
  • Databases: AWS Aurora/RDS, Redis, ElastiCache, Oracle
  • Programming Languages: Java, Kotlin, TypeScript
  • Eventing: SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Kafka
  • Engineering: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform Enterprise, Artifactory, Akka, SST
  • Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch
  • Security: Vault, Parameter Store, AWS Certificate Manager, AWS Secrets Manager
  • Design, Testing: TDD, BDD, Automation Framework
  • System Design: Tech debt, data-intensive applications, database design, API design, microservices, event-driven and serverless architecture
  • AI in engineering: GenAI concepts and tools (e.g., Copilot), RAG
Working with Us

We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive, flexible workplace. Our teams are supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy, and you can work from any of our engineering hubs within Australia. You'll be part of a culture driven by our values and focused on delivering impact for customers and communities.

Work Arrangement

We support flexible work arrangements with at least half of the time each month in the office.

Accessibility and Support

If you require additional support due to accessibility issues, please contact HR Direct on

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