Chief Engineer - Cloud-Native Data Platform

CommBank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

CommBank in Sydney seeks a Chief Engineer - Engineering Data Platform to shape the roadmap and architecture of the CTO Engineering Data Platform. You will establish trusted, governed data products that enable data-driven decision-making, engineering intelligence and AI-enabled capabilities across the bank.

Reporting to the General Manager Engineering Platform, you will set technical direction, drive architecture, and uplift engineering practices while mentoring teams, delivering scalable, secure

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Proven delivery in regulated environments.
• Ability to translate business, risk and technology into strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define roadmap, architecture and guardrails.
• Lead cloud-native data platform capabilities.
• Deliver trusted data products and insights.
• Ensure quality, lineage and compliance.
• Champion DevSecOps, DataOps, automation and reliability.
• Influence senior stakeholders and translate needs into outcomes.
• Enable AI and data-driven engineering.
• Mentor and build engineering capability.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

Cloud-native data platforms

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder influence

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

Containers

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

CommBank in Sydney seeks a Chief Engineer - Engineering Data Platform to shape the roadmap and architecture of the CTO Engineering Data Platform. You will establish trusted, governed data products that enable data-driven decision-making, engineering intelligence and AI-enabled capabilities across the bank.

Reporting to the General Manager Engineering Platform, you will set technical direction, drive architecture, and uplift engineering practices while mentoring teams, delivering scalable, secure