Early Career Talent Engineering Manager

• We are embarking on journey which enables our engineers to grow and innovate
• You will be responsible for delivering best in class technical and people leadership to our next generation of engineering talent through our graduate program
• Together we can build state-of-the-art solutions to drive engineering innovation initiatives

See yourself in our team

CommBank is recognised as a leader the industry in IT and operations with its world-class platforms, processes and innovation. We deliver award winning digital banking services to Commonwealth Bank customers via teams that work on Digital Delivery, Data and Analytics, Technology Infrastructure, Cyber and Fraud Technology to name a few. We aim to delight customers by empowering our people by providing them with the support they need, be this tools, technology or resources to deliver on our strategic goals.

Do work that matters 

Our Engineering Managers (Chapter Leads) are hands-on technical leaders, growing their people while being close to the tech and fostering a world-class engineering culture of innovation and curiosity.

In this role, you will lead a team of ten early career engineers (graduates, interns, casual associates), as well as focus on driving the education, training, practices, and policy for one of our core engineering skills. To do this you can:

• Prioritise the work that will give our early career engineers what they need to be happy, productive, autonomous and help to build on the core skills that they need

• Have a passion for developing our people not just technically but also for the softer skills required outside of being a great engineer

• Be responsible for the strategic technology direction for one of our core engineering skills – curating the curriculum of training, and being seen as thought leader on that subject

• Create a safe and trusted working environment where our graduates can be heard

• Be an evangelist for engineering principles, practices and standards

We’re interested in hearing from people who: 

• Are life-long learners serving as connectors, empowering leaders facilitating open communication and establishing relationships between individuals and teams, to drive great outcomes.

• Share and impart their experience in driving software strategies from solution design to delivery

• Are passionate about establishment of best engineering practices, continuous improvement, change and transformation in the ways of working

• Have driven cultural, mindset and process changes supporting modern delivery practices

Technical skills  

We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team; 

• Core skills in product and platform engineering, including writing, reviewing, and troubleshooting code in various languages

• Understanding of microservices architecture and good API design

• Sound grasp of data integrity, system security, and unit testing

• Deep knowledge of one or more engineering skill areas

• A passion and desire for learning new technology

• A firm grasp of industry wide best-practices for engineering and product teams

Working with us:  

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with an ultimate flexibility to work from any of our engineering hubs within Australia. 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.

If you want to be part of the journey, get onboard today!