Engineering Manager

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Everyday Products crew in Sydney. You will lead engineers, shaping the technology landscape behind key strategic objectives and modernising across channels, while strengthening reliability, security and delivery outcomes.

You will combine people leadership with technical depth, guiding architecture and driving DevSecOps practices in a large, distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and leading engineering teams in large-scale environments.
• Strong software engineering background with modern architecture concepts.
• Experience delivering secure, reliable, scalable platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and inspire an engineering team within Everyday Products.
• Shape technology strategy, architecture and roadmaps for the value stream.
• Partner with product and delivery leaders to prioritise backlogs and investments.
• Provide technical guidance and drive security, reliability and delivery outcomes.
• Foster DevSecOps culture and automated delivery across systems.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team leadership

AWS

C#/.NET

REST APIs

Microservices

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Next.js

React

Job description

• You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential


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


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

• You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential


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


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

Do work that matters

Be part of the team at the heart of how CommBank serves Australia. Retail Banking Services supports personal and small business customers with market-leading products, services and digital experiences. Within Retail Technology, you’ll help deliver the platforms and tools that power better, simpler banking experiences.

As Engineering Manager for the Everyday Products crew, you’ll lead engineers and help shape the technology landscape behind the crew’s strategic objectives. You’ll combine people leadership with technical depth, to guide modernisation across channels, integration and core systems, while strengthening reliability, security and delivery outcomes.

See yourself in our team

• Lead, coach and inspire a high-performing engineering team, creating an inclusive environment where people can do their best work.


• Shape and communicate technology strategy, solution design and architecture across the Everyday Products value stream.


• Partner with product, architecture and delivery leaders to prioritise the backlog, define roadmaps and focus investment on the highest-value problems.


• Provide expert technical advice and lead technical working groups across complex, interdependent systems.


• Drive operational excellence for critical production services, balancing customer outcomes, resilience, risk and delivery.


• Lift engineering capability through mentoring, hiring and contribution to the Engineering Management Practice.


• Embed consistent engineering standards, secure ways of working and a DevSecOps culture supported by automation and continuous delivery.


• Build strong connections across teams and stakeholders to enable clear decisions and meaningful outcomes for customers and the community.

We’re Interested In Hearing From People Who

• Demonstrated experience building, leading and developing engineering teams, supported by a strong software engineering background.


• Experience influencing technology strategy, solution architecture and delivery roadmaps in a complex environment.


• Strong understanding of large-scale distributed systems, integration patterns and cloud technology, with AWS experience preferred.


• Experience designing and operating highly available, secure services and APIs.


• Proficiency or strong exposure to C#, .NET Core and .NET Framework.


• Experience with modern web and microservices technologies, including Next.js or React and REST APIs.


• Practical experience with CI/CD, automation and DevSecOps practices.


• Ability to communicate clearly, challenge constructively and build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.

Working with us

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