2 weeks ago

Chief Engineer

Commonwealth Bank

Sydney

2 weeks ago

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Chief Engineer

CommBank is seeking a Chief Engineer to lead engineering strategy and technical direction across Institutional Banking Technology. The role involves shaping long-term technical direction, leading modernization, championing AI-enabled engineering, and building an inclusive engineering culture. Candidates should be deeply technical, hands-on leaders with experience in large-scale complex environments.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

Remote

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Chief Engineer (most senior technical leader)

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

CloudAPIsMicroservicesCI/CDObservabilityAIGenAIAgentic platformsVendor/SaaS integrationArchitectureSecure designReliabilityResilienceService-domain architectureLegacy modernization

Soft Skills

MentoringInfluenceInclusive cultureCollaborationStrategic thinkingCommunication

Key Responsibilities

•Set engineering strategy and technical direction across Institutional Banking Technology
•Shape the long-term technical direction of critical platforms
•Lead modern engineering, AI and resilient platform strategy at scale
•Lead the technology roadmap, architectural design and long-term health of critical platforms, systems and services
•Understand customers and products and how technology can deliver great outcomes
•Lead modernisation across legacy and future-state platforms, including cloud, APIs, microservices and service-domain aligned architecture
•Raise engineering standards and measurable outcomes across secure design, delivery, observability, reliability, resilience, developer experience and production readiness
•Partner with product, architecture, risk and delivery leaders to make pragmatic technical decisions
•Champion AI-enabled engineering and emerging technologies
•Create clarity, confidence and momentum for engineering teams by setting strong guardrails, mentoring others and building an inclusive engineering culture

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Key Responsibilities

•Set engineering strategy and technical direction across Institutional Banking Technology

•Shape the long-term technical direction of critical platforms

•Lead modern engineering, AI and resilient platform strategy at scale

•Lead the technology roadmap, architectural design and long-term health of critical platforms, systems and services

•Understand customers and products and how technology can deliver great outcomes

•Lead modernisation across legacy and future-state platforms, including cloud, APIs, microservices and service-domain aligned architecture

•Raise engineering standards and measurable outcomes across secure design, delivery, observability, reliability, resilience, developer experience and production readiness

•Partner with product, architecture, risk and delivery leaders to make pragmatic technical decisions

•Champion AI-enabled engineering and emerging technologies

•Create clarity, confidence and momentum for engineering teams by setting strong guardrails, mentoring others and building an inclusive engineering culture