Principal AI Engineer for Enterprise Enablement

CommBank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

CommBank is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Group AI Enablement to shape the engineering strategy behind enterprise AI capabilities. You will lead multi‑team initiatives spanning agentic AI, RAG, cloud platforms and enterprise integrations, while remaining hands‑on where your expertise has the greatest impact.

You’ll translate cybersecurity, privacy, risk and Responsible AI considerations into practical engineering controls and mentor senior engineers across organisational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Define the long‑term engineering strategy and architecture for enterprise AI capabilities.
• Shape how AI models, agents, knowledge sources and business systems integrate.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives from discovery and experimentation through to production.
• Build reusable services, reference implementations and engineering patterns.
• Establish rigorous approaches to evaluating RAG and agentic systems using business tasks.
• Engineer for trust by translating security, privacy, risk and Responsible AI requirements into practical controls.
• Remain hands‑on through prototyping, software design and review, investigations and production issue resolution.
• Mentor senior technical practitioners and influence engineering decisions across organisational boundaries.

Job description

CommBank is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Group AI Enablement to shape the engineering strategy behind enterprise AI capabilities. You will lead multi‑team initiatives spanning agentic AI, RAG, cloud platforms and enterprise integrations, while remaining hands‑on where your expertise has the greatest impact.

You’ll translate cybersecurity, privacy, risk and Responsible AI considerations into practical engineering controls and mentor senior engineers across organisational boundaries.