Engineering Senior Manager - Database

Commonwealth Bank; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Database and DevSecOps enablement. You will lead Engineering Managers, drive architectural direction, reliability, security, and operational excellence across multiple teams.

The role requires 12-15 years in DB/infra, strong leadership and governance capabilities, and collaboration with Product Owners and executives to align technical priorities with business goals.

Qualifications

• 12-15 years across DB, infrastructure and solutions.
• Strategic thinking and organisational leadership.
• People leadership and coaching.
• Software/platform engineering expertise.
• Engineering governance and risk management.
• Architecture and technical design oversight.
• Financial and business acumen.
• Change leadership and transformation delivery.
• AI and data literacy.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Good understanding of AWS RDS, Oracle, NoSQL DB, and migrating DB to AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach Engineering Managers, Chapter Leads and engineers.
• Drive performance, career development and succession planning.
• Foster psychological safety, accountability, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Build and maintain diverse, high-performing teams.
• Set technical direction and engineering standards.
• Ensure high-quality software, platform reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Guide architectural decisions and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Promote automation, engineering productivity and reduction of technical debt.
• Own delivery outcomes across multiple teams or domains.
• Align engineering priorities with business strategy and customer outcomes.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and operational resilience.
• Drive predictable execution and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Partner with Product Owners, business leaders, architects, risk teams, and executives.
• Communicate strategy, priorities, risks, and delivery progress effectively.
• Influence decisions across organisational boundaries.
• Ensure compliance with engineering, security, operational risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain appropriate controls and governance frameworks.
• Champion better risk outcomes and operational resilience.

Skills

Leadership (12-15y)

Database & Infra

Architecture governance

Stakeholder management

Cloud (AWS)

Security & DevSecOps

AI data literacy

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/IT engineering

Job description

Organization

At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets, and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas, and energy all contributeto the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things.

Job Title

Engineering Senior Manager - Database

Location

Bangalore-Manyata Tech Park

Business & Team

CTO - Database Team

Impact & Contribution

Senior Engineering Manager – Database and DevSecOps enablement Crew. Accountable for leading engineering teams, developing engineering talent, driving technical strategy, and delivering business outcomes through technology.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop Engineering Managers, Chapter Leads, and engineers.
• Drive performance, career development, succession planning, and engagement.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Build and maintain diverse, high-performing teams.
• Set technical direction and engineering standards.
• Ensure high-quality software, platform reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Guide architectural decisions and resolution of complex technical challenges.
• Promote automation, engineering productivity, and reduction of technical debt.
• Own delivery outcomes across multiple teams or domains.
• Align engineering priorities with business strategy and customer outcomes.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and operational resilience.
• Drive predictable execution and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Partner with Product Owners, business leaders, architects, risk teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Communicate strategy, priorities, risks, and delivery progress effectively.
• Influence decisions across organisational boundaries.
• Ensure compliance with engineering, security, operational risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain appropriate controls and governance frameworks.
• Champion better risk outcomes and operational resilience.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 12-15 Years of experience across DB, Infrastructure and solutions
• Strategic thinking and organisational leadership
• People leadership and coaching
• Software/platform engineering expertise
• Engineering governance and risk management
• Architecture and technical design oversight
• Financial and business acumen
• Change leadership and transformation delivery
• AI and data literacy
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Good understanding of AWS RDS, Oracle, NoSQL DB, and experience in migrating DB from on prim to AWS.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology.

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