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* You are passionate, driven, flexible and collaborative
* We are a high performing engineer pushing the boundaries of software engineering
* Together we can rewrite the experience for millions of customers
* You are passionate, driven, flexible and collaborative
* We are a high performing engineer pushing the boundaries of software engineering
* Together we can rewrite the experience for millions of customers
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 a brighter future for Australia.
Here, you’ll get to turn your passion into reality, working with new technology on state-of-the-art projects to enable a seamless and unrivalled customer experience.
See yourself in our team
You will be part of a team contributing to our core customer systems, financial crime and other key functions of the domain.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll be an integral senior member of our central Engineering team, that will help other engineers to enjoy our platforms in CBA. You will provide core technology and domain expertise to inform technical strategy and be responsible for the design of solutions for complex challenges within a business unit. You’ll have a strong risk mindset and take security from the first line of code approach. You will guide those around you to invest in their own engineering craft and mentor them to build world class applications.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
* As a matured Big Thinker, you’ll work closely with senior leaders on the strategic development practice
* Have expert level Full-cycle development experience, lead the design, development, and implementation delivery using Agile practices with specific focus on the following: Building tools in Dotnet
* Excellent debugging skills. You will be required to debug complex technical issues involving multiple system components with complex relationships
* Excellent communication, influencing and collaboration skills to ensure you can effectively share ideas and solutions with your team
* Natural mentorship ability to support and grow your peers
Skills Required:
This is a highly technical role, requiring a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. You’ll be a good match if you have previous experience in:
* Building applications both on-premise and in cloud environments. You will be language agnostic but you will be familiar with any of the following: Backend: C#.net; Database: Experience SQL and NoSQL experience (both admin and usage)
* Solid CI/CD tooling (Git, TeamCity, Artifactory, Octopus, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.) or equivalent
* AWS
* Extensive knowledge and experience in application development and design
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 our 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. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.
Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re 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 you, apply now!
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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Engineering and Information Technology
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