Staff Software Engineer - Payments Platform Leader

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

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape secure, scalable payment platforms in Melbourne. You will influence architecture, lead end-to-end design, and mentor engineers within the Payments Technology domain.

You will work with API products, cloud-native systems, and AI-enabled tooling to deliver resilient services for millions of customers. This role emphasizes technical leadership and engineering excellence across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot in backend services.
• Experience building APIs, microservices and secure distributed apps.
• Proficient in cloud-native architectures using AWS and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Kafka and modern CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across teams, shaping architecture and standards.
• Design and evolve secure, scalable platforms and distributed systems.
• Lead architectural decisions and modernise platforms with cloud-native approaches.
• Champion software quality, testing, observability, security and resilience.
• Mentor engineers and promote AI-enabled engineering practices.

Skills

Java + Spring Boot

Node.js

TypeScript

APIs & Microservices

Cloud-native / AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

CI/CD / DevSecOps

Observability & Resilience

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape secure, scalable payment platforms in Melbourne. You will influence architecture, lead end-to-end design, and mentor engineers within the Payments Technology domain.

You will work with API products, cloud-native systems, and AI-enabled tooling to deliver resilient services for millions of customers. This role emphasizes technical leadership and engineering excellence across teams.