Staff Software Engineer

Do Work That Matters

At CommBank, we're committed to delivering world-class digital experiences and that includes how we manage collections. The Collection Excellence Crew plays a vital role in building innovative solutions in Commbank Yello – a Rewards platform which is a Greenfield initiative and being integrating with other upstream and downstream systems, helping our teams make smarter decisions and deliver better outcomes for our customers.

We leverage modern technologies to create scalable, reliable, and impactful systems that support both strategic initiatives and day-to-day BAU operations. The work you do here directly contributes to improving financial wellbeing and driving real business value at scale.

See Yourself in Our Team

At Collection Excellence, we're building reliable, high-quality solutions that power the Commbank Yello Rewards platform, which is going to transform the way customers earn and burn their rewards points. You will support critical business operations, along with BAU support of the existing platform while developing the new one. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be at the heart of our technical evolution, working across the full SDLC lifecycle.

You'll collaborate with a passionate crew to design, build, and maintain scalable systems using robust backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. You'll also play a key role in ensuring platform stability through ongoing BAU support.

If you're someone who thrives on solving complex problems, driving technical excellence, and making a real impact this is the place for you.

We're Interested in Hearing from People Who

• Drive innovative process improvements and deliver high-quality software solutions proactively and independently

• Excel in designing, developing, and deploying high-quality software solutions

• Leverage AI tools like copilot to accelerate code development

• Champions technical excellence through active mentoring, empowering engineers to grow and lead with confidence

• Champion state-of-the-art coding practices and drive high-quality outcomes

• Foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and openness

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and positively influence technical decisions.

• Think creatively to solve complex technical challenges.

• Are experienced in Production BAU Support, Root Cause Analysis, Incident Management and Change Management

• Are comfortable being part of an on-call rotation and handling urgent issues.

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:

• Backend: .net core, C#, API development, Kafka

• Database: Aurora, Oracle, SQL Server, no sql db

• Cloud: AWS.

• DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Team City

• Observability: Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools as Obstack, PagerDuty

• Architecture: Microservices and API design patterns.

• Knowledge of OAuth based authentication (nice to have)

• Integration with external Partner systems (nice to have)

• Understanding of DevSecOps environments, landscape, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices

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 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.

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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