Staff Cloud AI Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes, Lead

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

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead secure, cloud-native platforms on AWS and Kubernetes with a focus on AI-enabled capabilities. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture and drive secure-by-design practices across the OpenText migration to AWS-hosted services.

You will guide technical direction, deliver resilient content services, and collaborate with squads to improve observability, testing and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience in Python, Java or .NET with secure coding practices.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating AWS and Kubernetes platforms (Amazon EKS preferred).
• Experience applying AI within software/platform engineering and intelligent automation.
• CI/CD, GitHub Actions, GitOps, Argo CD, Helm and infrastructure as code (CloudFormation).
• Observability, reliability engineering, security, IAM, encryption and operational support.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and mentor engineers across squads.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, deployment and operation of secure, scalable cloud-native software solutions.
• Shape architecture and technical direction across AWS and Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Develop software and automation to improve platform capabilities.
• Integrate AI-enabled capabilities and guide responsible adoption.
• Embed automated testing and secure-by-design engineering practices.
• Improve delivery through IaC, CI/CD, GitOps and reusable patterns.
• Strengthen resilience, disaster recovery, performance and cost efficiency.
• Mentor engineers and influence architecture across teams.

Job description

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead secure, cloud-native platforms on AWS and Kubernetes with a focus on AI-enabled capabilities. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture and drive secure-by-design practices across the OpenText migration to AWS-hosted services.

You will guide technical direction, deliver resilient content services, and collaborate with squads to improve observability, testing and operational excellence.