Staff Software Engineer- Gen AI

• You are a technology leader passionate about Generative AI, with strong software engineering skills and cloud infrastructure expertise.

• We are leading the world in AI ambition within Australia's largest bank and fintech

• Together, we will engineer the future of banking with innovative Gen AI solutions

Do work that matters

As we continue our pursuit of NPS +30 we need to transform the way we engage with our customers and colleagues. The Gen AI Domain has been set up to build the tools and capabilities needed within the group tapping into the promise of Generative AI as a key technology to solve those needs.

This domain will power the creation of Generative AI solutions that will support more personalised experiences for our customers and our people. We must bring a customer first mindset into every decision; every day, whilst taking a holistic change management approach to drive organisational adoption.

We will enable the broader group to leverage broad Generative AI capabilities through building domain owned platforms and frameworks for use across the bank, such as the Gen.AI Hub.

See yourself in our team

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a technical leader driving thought leadership, designing and implementing large scale solutions, as well as influencing and engaging the senior stakeholders on modern best practices.

• Understanding that technology is incredibly fast moving, you will help engineers create and deploy adaptable software that can rapidly change as the technology evolves.

• Design and architect scalable software systems that seamlessly integrate with large language models.

• Configure and manage the infrastructure that supports the Gen AI initiatives ensuring scalability, reliability and high availability.

• Implement robust monitoring and logging systems, LLMOps best practices that allows for proactive identification and resolution of potential issues.

• Bring a strong risk mindset to the team, driving the adoption of reliability, testing practices, and responsible AI.

• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Data Scientists to integrate AI solutions into existing workflows.

• Stay up to date on advancements in the field of Generative AI with latest releases of different models and their performances.

• Shift between "business" solution development and "platform" development at will, with the ability to tailor communication as needed.

• Coach and mentor other team members by normalizing best practices and hard-earned learnings.

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your 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. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.

We are interested in hearing from people who are:

• Passionate about Cloud and AI technologies and leverage cloud services to build scalable and resilient infrastructure that powers Gen AI applications.

• Think about security implications at every stage of design and implementation, not as an afterthought.

• Understand about the importance of regulatory requirements and can implement technical controls to meet security and privacy standards.

• Able to provide technical strategy and guidance, overseeing medium to complex scale engineering initiatives.

• Motivated to be responsible for the development of strategic programs of work, from PoC through production delivery and ongoing operations.

• Enthusiastic about driving responsible Gen AI solutions by challenging technology limitations and deficiencies in the existing systems and associated processes, procedures, and methods.

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 (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team:

· Python / Shell script / TypeScript / C#

· Cloud Solution Architecture/Development/Security/IaaC (AWS + Azure)

· Gen AI frameworks & tools (e.g. Langchain, Pydantic AI, Google A2A)

· Vector/Graph/SQL Databases

· Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK

· Docker, Kubernetes

· CI/CD, Github actions

· Prompt Engineering

Working with us: 

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

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. One where we are driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.  

Here, you will thrive. You will be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We are hiring engineers from across Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.  

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today

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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