Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

• You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential

• We are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking

• Together we can build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation

Do work that matters

We're building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need creative and diverse engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Envisioning new technologies that are still waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia’s future economy.

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. Our Software team are the brains behind Australia’s number one banking app, Netbank, Cardless Cash, Comm Sec Pocket and Spend Tracker. We go beyond a passion for web and mobile development, creating reliable APIs at a unique scale in Australia. And you could be a part of that journey.

See yourself in our team

The CBA technology unit delivers the best digital banking services to Commonwealth Bank customers and to do so is responsible for digital delivery, group data and analytics, technology and technology infrastructure, cyber, fraud, physical security and business resilience for all divisions across CBA. It is also dedicated to delivering the best workplace technology experience for our over 53.000 people across CBA and focused on providing the latest tools, technology, and resources to enhance the way we work together and empower our people to achieve more for our customers.

You’ll be part of the eIRS (Electronic Interest Rate Swap) team, working on a greenfields project.  You’ll be responsible for delivering a new pricing and trading engine that will form the core offering for our swaps trading desk. 

As a Full Stack Staff Software Engineer, you'll be doing hands-on coding and be responsible for shaping the technical evolution of this system by contributing to end-to-end design, implementation, and delivery. You'll be responsible for developing User Interfaces, APIs, microservices, backend components, data access layers, and driving innovative process improvements that add significant business value. You'll also be invited to join our regular engineering guilds to provide technical guidance and mentoring to our junior members of the team.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

• Are constantly independently working, grabbing tasks and running with them

• Pride themselves in designing, developing and deploying high quality software solutions

• Are ready to execute state-of-the-art coding practices, driving high quality outcomes to solve core business objectives and minimise risks

• Are constantly contributing to a culture where quality, excellence and openness are championed

• Are comfortable collaborating closely with business analysts and product managers to understand business requirements and architects to understand (and where necessary contribute to) design

• Are comfortable to educate, communicate and positively influence various stakeholder groups

• Are constantly thinking outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex technical problems

• Are comfortable in coaching junior engineers, share knowledge to uplift and improve software development practices

• Pride themselves in their ability to work well in teams and have strong collaboration skills in driving continuous improvement initiatives

Tech 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 will set you up for success in this team:

• Front-end experience with Angular, React, RxJS, Typescript, and Node.JS

• Backend experience with Core Java and SpringBoot

• Proficient with asynchronous microservices architecture and API design patterns

• Working knowledge of Apache Kafka and Redis (or equivalent)

• Hands-on experience with Cloud platform - AWS preferred

• Front-office trading experience - Highly desirable

• CI/CD configuration (TeamCity, Octopus) experience especially in Cloud environments

• Maven experience - Desirable

Working with us:  

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

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time 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.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. We’re looking for people who truly live our values: Care, Courage and Commitment and we’ll offer you great opportunities to develop your career with us.