Payments Platform Tech Lead (Node.js/TypeScript)

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

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Payments Technology in Melbourne/Sydney. You will lead multiple squads, shaping engineering direction and building secure, scalable payment platforms.

The role requires deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, APIs and distributed systems, plus cloud-native patterns and DevSecOps practices. You’ll mentor teams and collaborate with Product, Architecture and Security to deliver robust customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience with backend development using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Experience building APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms and modern software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across squads, setting engineering direction.
• Design, build and evolve secure, scalable software platforms.
• Lead architecture and design decisions for complex distributed systems.
• Drive modernisation using cloud-native and event-driven architectures.
• Champion engineering excellence across quality, testing, observability, security and operations.
• Mentor engineers and grow technical capability across teams.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security and Operations to deliver outcomes.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices and reusable platform capabilities.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

API design

Microservices

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Event-driven

Kafka

Job description

Commonwealth Bank is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Payments Technology in Melbourne/Sydney. You will lead multiple squads, shaping engineering direction and building secure, scalable payment platforms.

The role requires deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, APIs and distributed systems, plus cloud-native patterns and DevSecOps practices. You’ll mentor teams and collaborate with Product, Architecture and Security to deliver robust customer outcomes.