Staff Software Engineer, Cloud-Native & Credit Risk

Narooma; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CommBank is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development and operation of cloud-native services and data products that underpin our credit risk decisioning. You’ll collaborate with product, architecture and engineering teams to translate strategy into high-quality solutions while mentoring engineers and uplifting engineering practices.

You’ll drive modern service-domain architectures, contribute to event-driven designs, and champion CI/CD and DevSecOps across the squad.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, design patterns, clean code practices, and automated testing.
• Experience with distributed systems, streaming or event-driven architectures.
• Thrives in a “you build it, you run it” environment.
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies and frameworks for developing user-facing applications.
• Understanding of secure software development practices and DevSecOps principles.
• Curious about AI-enabled engineering and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate cloud-native services, APIs and data products
• Deliver scalable solutions that support credit risk decisioning.
• Contribute to modern service-domain and event-driven architectures
• Lead technical design, code reviews and complex problem solving.
• Champion engineering excellence across testing, observability and operational readiness
• Support modernisation initiatives and migration of legacy platforms
• Mentor engineers and help strengthen engineering capability across the squad

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Distributed systems

You build it, you run it

AI-enabled engineering

Frontend familiarity

Tools

C#

.NET

React/Next.js

GraphQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cloud platforms

Job description

CommBank is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development and operation of cloud-native services and data products that underpin our credit risk decisioning. You’ll collaborate with product, architecture and engineering teams to translate strategy into high-quality solutions while mentoring engineers and uplifting engineering practices.

You’ll drive modern service-domain architectures, contribute to event-driven designs, and champion CI/CD and DevSecOps across the squad.