Staff Software Engineer - Payments Platform, Cloud & AI

Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Payments Technology to guide secure, scalable platforms. You will influence engineering strategy, drive API and microservice design, and work with cloud-native, AI-enabled practices to advance payments experiences.

You will collaborate with engineers, product, architecture and security to deliver resilient systems used by millions of customers across Australia and beyond.

Qualifications

• Senior software engineer with backend focus and system design expertise.
• Experience delivering APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Proficient with cloud-native platforms and DevSecOps practices.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across teams, architecture and standards.
• Design, build and evolve secure, scalable platforms and services.
• Lead architecture decisions and modernise with cloud-native approaches.
• Champion quality, observability, security, resilience and ops.
• Foster a DevSecOps culture from design to production and improvement.
• Mentor engineers and promote AI-enabled engineering practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

TypeScript

APIs

Microservices

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Commonwealth Bank of Australia seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Payments Technology to guide secure, scalable platforms. You will influence engineering strategy, drive API and microservice design, and work with cloud-native, AI-enabled practices to advance payments experiences.

You will collaborate with engineers, product, architecture and security to deliver resilient systems used by millions of customers across Australia and beyond.