Chief Engineer - Engineering 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

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.

The Chief Engineer - Engineering Data Platform will be a core technical leader shaping the roadmap and architecture of the CTO Engineering Data Platform. This role will establish trusted, governed and reusable engineering data products that enable data-driven decision-making, engineering intelligence and AI-enabled engineering capabilities across the organisation.

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.
• Uplift engineering capability through coaching.
• Deliver measurable outcomes across reliability, productivity and risk.