About Us
We are world leaders in AI ambition, dedicated to delivering better outcomes for our customers, employees and the wider community.
The Commonwealth Bank is a forward-thinking institution that leverages cutting-edge technology to drive innovation and excellence.
Your Business
As a Staff Software Engineer in our AI Powered Engineering function, you will be part of a high-performing team responsible for developing and implementing state-of-the-art AI solutions.
You will work closely with our top engineers and AI experts to drive training, culture and experimentation, ensuring that all of our engineers make the most of emerging AI technologies.
Role Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with the team to tackle complex technical problems, contributing to design and implementation to ensure quality engineering outcomes.
* Translate requirements into engineering solutions, assisting in breaking down work and creating clarity for team members.
* Experiment with emerging AI assisted engineering tools and capabilities, providing feedback and insights from real-world testing.
* Deliver robust and reusable solutions that integrate seamlessly into other teams' workflows and products.
* Support a customer-centric approach, doing work that aligns with user needs and the organisation's goals.
* Contribute to architectural discussions and propose improvements, role-modeling standards and best practices.
* Actively participate in code reviews, maintain high-quality code bases and assist in documentation for knowledge sharing.
* Work on cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment and addressing inter-dependencies.
* Provide guidance and support to junior engineers and squad members.
We Are Looking For
* Extensive experience in designing and implementing scalable, maintainable and reliable software solutions.
* Working knowledge of AI/ML and Gen AI applications and how they can enhance software engineering processes to improve productivity.
* Experience building RAGs using LlamaIndex, LangChain, or similar frameworks.
* Preferably have experience building Agentic AI systems using AutoGen, CrewAI, Pydantic, or similar frameworks.
* Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript or C#) and experience developing microservices architecture on cloud platforms (AWS & Azure).
* A keen interest in researching new AI tooling and daily usage of AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Continue, GitHub CoPilot, Aider, Cline, etc.
* Knowledge of or experience in Anthropic Claude, Llama, LiteLLM, Cursor, windsurf / Codeium, VO Vercel, Continue, Aider, Cline, Langchain, Langgraph, Hugging Face will be highly desirable.
* Strong technical leadership skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders to solve business-critical problems.
* Ability to provide technical direction to teams, reviewing designs and code to ensure best practices.
* Proficiency in agile development methodologies and iterative experimentation from ideation to prototype to pilot to product.
What We Offer
At Commonwealth Bank, you'll thrive, be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities.
Please include a cover letter with your application that highlights how your experience, through personal or work projects, aligns with the requirements of the role and demonstrates your proficiency in AI-powered engineering.
Referencing the specified tools, or similar technologies that you have used is recommended.