Chief Engineer - Data Platform & AI

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank seeks a Chief Engineer to define the technical direction and lead the Engineering Data Platform. You will mentor engineers and drive architectural decisions across the platform.

Applicants should have extensive senior leadership experience in cloud-native data, governance, risk management in regulated settings, and the ability to influence strategy and uplift engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native data or engineering platforms.
• Ability to translate business, risk and technology into strategy.

Responsibilities

• Technical Strategy and Architecture – Define roadmap, architecture and guardrails.
• Engineering Data Platform Delivery – Lead cloud-native data platform capabilities.
• Data Products and Engineering Intelligence – Deliver trusted data products and insights.
• Data Governance, Security and Risk – Ensure quality, lineage and compliance.
• Engineering Excellence – Champion DevSecOps, DataOps, automation and reliability.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Influence senior stakeholders and translate needs into outcomes.
• Innovation, AI and Automation – Enable AI and data-driven engineering.
• Leadership and Capability Uplift – Mentor and build engineering capability.

Skills

Data Platform Architecture

DataOps

Cloud Platforms

Governance & Security

Engineering Intelligence

AI Enablement

Software Engineering

Observability

Security & Risk

Job description

Commonwealth Bank seeks a Chief Engineer to define the technical direction and lead the Engineering Data Platform. You will mentor engineers and drive architectural decisions across the platform.

Applicants should have extensive senior leadership experience in cloud-native data, governance, risk management in regulated settings, and the ability to influence strategy and uplift engineering practices.