Chief Engineer - Engineering Data Platform

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

Do work that matters:

We are building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need world-class engineers to modernise, secure and scale our technology capabilities. Engineering data is a strategic asset that powers software delivery, operational resilience, technology risk management, service health, security automation and developer experience.

Do work that matters:

We are building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need world-class engineers to modernise, secure and scale our technology capabilities. Engineering data is a strategic asset that powers software delivery, operational resilience, technology risk management, service health, security automation and developer experience.

See yourself in our team:

Reporting to the General Manager Engineering Platform, you will define the technical direction, target state architecture and engineering standards for the Engineering Data Platform. You will work across Engineering Platform, CTO, Group Data, Architecture, Risk, Security and Service Management to deliver scalable, resilient and secure data platform capabilities.

As a Chief Engineer, you will operate as a senior technical authority and trusted advisor—leading through technical depth, strong architectural judgement and enterprise influence, while mentoring engineers and uplifting engineering practices across the platform.

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.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

• 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.
• Proven delivery in regulated environments.
• Strong stakeholder influence and leadership skills.
• Ability to work in ambiguity and make sound decisions.
• Passion for high-performing, inclusive engineering cultures.

Technical Skills and Experience:

• Data Platform Architecture – Lakehouse, data mesh, domain-aligned products.
• Data Engineering & DataOps – Ingestion, CI/CD, testing and observability.
• Cloud Platforms – AWS, containers, serverless and infrastructure as code.
• Governance & Security – Data quality, lineage, privacy and compliance.
• Engineering Intelligence – Metrics, dashboards and reusable data patterns.
• AI Enablement – Data for ML, automation and AI use cases.
• Software Engineering – APIs, integration and developer experience.
• Observability & Operations – Monitoring, SLAs and incident management.
• Security & Risk – Secure lifecycle and risk-based decisioning.

Chief Engineer Practice Expectations:

• Set technical direction for a strategic platform.
• Lead complex architectural decisions.
• Uplift engineering capability through coaching.
• Deliver measurable outcomes across reliability, productivity and risk.

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