Staff Software Engineer

• You arepassionate, driven, flexible and collaborative

• We area team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking

• Together wewill build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation

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 Australia’s future economy.

Our Software team are the brains behind Australia’s number one banking app, Netbank, Cardless Cash, Comm Sec Pocket and Spend Tracker. We go beyond a passion for web and mobile development, creating reliable APIs at a unique scale in Australia. And you could be a part of that journey.

See yourself in our team

At Market Data Automation, we build and operate the strategic platform that enables the acquisition, validation, transformation, distribution, and governance of market data across the organisation. Our mission is to provide trusted, high-quality market data that powers pricing, risk management, quantitative modelling, regulatory reporting, and business decision-making.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a critical leadership role in shaping the technical direction of the platform while remaining hands-on in delivering solutions. You will collaborate with engineers, quants, data specialists, product owners, and business stakeholders to solve complex data and engineering challenges at scale.

You will influence architecture decisions, uplift engineering capability across the squad, and drive the adoption of modern engineering practices that improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and developer productivity.

We’re interested in hearing from people who

• Design and build scalable, resilient, and secure software platforms that process and distribute critical market and business data

• Bring strong software engineering and system design expertise, with experience delivering cloud-native, distributed, or event-driven solutions

• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership across the SDLC, including architecture, development, testing, CI/CD, observability, cloud infrastructure, and production support

• Apply strategic thinking to solve complex technical and business problems while maintaining strong risk, control, and data quality outcomes

• Influence technical direction through effective stakeholder engagement, technical leadership, mentoring, and engineering best practices

• Champion engineering excellence through automation, AI-assisted development, DevSecOps, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Tech Skills

We use a broad range of technologies, tools, and frameworks. We don't expect you to know them all, but experience in several of the following areas will help you succeed in this role:

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, design patterns, clean code practices, and automated testing

• Proven hands-on development experience, preferably inPython, building scalable and maintainable production systems

• Experience designing and deliveringcloud-native, distributed, or event-driven architectures

• Experience building or integratingdata platforms, APIs, data pipelines, and data-intensive applications

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies and frameworks for developing user-facing applications

• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and engineering automation, with experience using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, or similar

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerisation, and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

• Knowledge of observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and production support

• Understanding of secure software development practices and DevSecOps principles

• Experience or knowledge offinancial markets, market data, risk systems, or quantitative platforms will be highly regarded

Working with us:

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

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their 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.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. We’re looking for people who truly live our values: Care, Courage and Commitment and we’ll offer you great opportunities to develop your career with us.

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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