Engineering Manager – Chapter Lead – Android

• You are passionate, innovative and a big thinker

• We are one of Australia’s largest native mobile team, building apps used by millions

• Together we can impact the financial wellbeing of every customer

Do work that matters

You’ll use the latest technology to innovate and build apps and features that determine how millions of people access their money.

Drawing from your strong native mobile application experience, you’re constantly pushing the boundaries to help deliver outcomes that define future industry trends. Your passion for outstanding user experience and ability to solve complex problems is key to developing high quality, technical solutions.

You’ve got experience working in an Agile environment and using leading engineering practices with an appreciation for the value of continuous delivery and automated testing. Writing clean, efficient and elegant code is second nature to you.

You’re the kind of person who thrives when given the autonomy to drive their own projects – from conception, development, testing and release. But you’re also passionate about being active in the broader mobile development community. Honing your craft is something that happens inside and outside of work because you’re constantly keeping up to date with modern mobile dev practices and technologies.

Here, you’ll collaborate with the largest cohort of mobile engineers in the country that emphasise open communication, quality work and a culture of excellence and inclusion. And your hard work will pay dividends, being able to tap into flexibility, great rewards and the ability to drive your own career growth, knowing you’ll have our support every step of the way.

See yourself in our team

Business Banking Technology (BB Tech) is responsible for the world-leading application of technology and operations across every aspect of CommBank – from innovative product platforms for our customers, to essential tools within our business. We also use technology to drive simplicity and better banking, an essential component of great customer service underpinning a strong emphasis on software development as a craft and the adoption of industry best engineering practices.

CommBank is recognised as leading the industry in IT and operations with its world-class platforms and processes, agile IT infrastructure, and innovation in everything from

payments to internet banking and mobile apps.

CommBank App is used by over 9 million people every day.

As an Engineering Manager – Chapter Lead, you’ll report directly to the Crew Tech Lead and provide expert advice relating to technology, solution design and architecture, people leadership and hiring to drive excellence in technical delivery as per group engineering practices and standards. You will bring a perfect blend of people management, technical expertise and will be responsible for shaping the evolution of technical squad through contribution to the BB Tech strategy, quarterly crew memo, prioritise backlog, define delivery roadmap, and determine which problems to invest in solving.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

• Have prior experience in leading and inspiring high performing software engineering teams or may have previously worked in the capacity of a Senior Software Engineer and are looking towards taking on direct people management opportunities and have owned wide-reaching initiatives that improve our systems.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action.

• Effectively communicate engineering practice standards and consistent ways of working across squads and CBA that align to global best practice.

• Promotes open communication and creates a safe working environment where our engineers’ voices are heard in order to achieve great outcomes for our organisation, our customers and the community.

• Drives operational excellence and supports teams in charge of mission-critical production services with diverse stakeholders and complex dependencies.

• Encourages risk-taking and constructive challenge while growing diverse and inclusive teams.

Tech Skills:

• Have proven experience developing robust, secure and accessible native Android applications with Kotlin and Java

• Knowledge of and experience with Jetpack Compose with a solid understanding of Material Design

• Knowledge of cross platform technologies will be a bonus

• Advanced experience in best standards and first in class software engineering and architecture principles in mobile

• Possess advanced knowledge in source control management such as Git and Gitflow

• Have experience with CI/CD (TeamCity) and exposure to testing automation including UI tests. Experience with Github Actions would be a plus.

• Understanding and knowledge of best practices in CICD mobile would be highly regarded with deep understanding/experience in metrics automation as well as performance tuning and capacity planning

Working with us: 

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you. 

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. One where we’re driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day. 

Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers across multiple locations Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.