Staff Software Engineer

Commonwealth Bank

To empower our people and the communities in which we work and making sustainable, transparent and balanced business decisions.

We really love working here, and we think you will too. Diversity, flexibility and innovation are just some of the reasons why our people come to work every day.

Our team includes around 45,000 people from all walks of life, with different goals, experiences, and perspectives. At CommBank we’ll encourage and support you to be yourself. This is a place where you can feel confident expressing who you really are; where you belong because of your uniqueness.

See yourself in our team We are looking for the very best Staff Engineers to join our multi-year Enterprise Transformation Program. You will support the program to deliver an ambitious vision against customer objectives, to create enduring technology differentiation with unmatched digital experiences built on decoupled, resilient, and reliable technology foundations. The 3 key objectives for our customers are:   

• Enhance customer Value through unlocking dependable digital experiences. 
• Increase delivery velocity & autonomy by unwinding complex legacy architecture.
• Enable always available channels, powered by simpler and more resilient technology.
•   We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.  We’re interested in hearing from people who:
• Have a passion for designing, developing and deploying high quality software solutions and System Design.
• Are familiar with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) with a focus on excellent UXs, CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure cloud pipelines, logging and monitoring.
• Contributes to a culture where quality, excellence and openness are championed.
• Have a natural drive to educate, communicate and positively influence various stakeholder groups including high level executives.
• Can coach & mentor junior engineers, share knowledge to uplift and improve software development practices.
• Can perform code quality control through peer programming, code review and automated pipeline release management. Tech skills

  This is a highly technical role, requiring a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. You’ll be a good match if you have previous experience in:

• Developing 3-tier application both on-premises and on cloud covering:
  • Frontend: React and Redux (Preferred) or Angular.
  • Backend: .Net Core (preferred), C# or Java.
  • Database: SQL and NoSQL experience (both admin and usage).
• Infrastructure as code preferably using CloudFormation or Terraform experience.
• Design and implementation of Microservices to deliver highly scalable APIs.
• At least one scripting/programming language (i.e., JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Python).
• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, TeamCity or Octopus.
• Automated Quality Engineering and Testing (Unit Testing, Regression Testing).
• Application Security.
• Observability tools will be highly regarded. Beneficial competencies
• Configuration Management tooling.
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

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  Stakeholder Engagement

  Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights

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  Scripting and Automation

  Develop scripts and automated workflows to improve the efficiency and accuracy of repeated tasks

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  Test Engineering

  Create and implement code tests and software test automation

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  Collaboration

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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  Numerical problem solving

  Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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  Attention to detail

  Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables