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Staff Software Engineer

Commonwealth Bank

Sydney

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Staff Software Engineer role in the Digitisation & Enablement Crew at Commonwealth Bank, based in Sydney. This is a senior, hands-on position focused on designing and building scalable microservices and APIs, shaping enterprise-scale architecture, and mentoring engineers. The role requires strong backend engineering skills and experience with cloud-native technologies, particularly AWS and Java.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

On-site

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Staff

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

JavaSpring BootTemporalAWSKubernetesDockerCI/CDGitHubTeamCityOctopusCloudFormationObservabilitySnowflakePostgreSQLDocumentDBMicroservicesREST APIsDistributed SystemsEvent-driven ArchitectureApache KafkaAIEval Driven DevelopmentAgentic AIRAGLLMPortKeyHoney Hive

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationLeadershipAdaptabilityCritical ThinkingTime Management

Key Responsibilities

•Design and build scalable microservices and APIs
•Contribute to architecture for enterprise-scale platforms and systems
•Improve engineering standards, code quality, and secure development practices
•Support integration across internal and external platforms
•Build and run what you ship – embedding observability, reliability, and resilience
•Contribute to CI/CD, automation, and safe, frequent deployments
•Mentor engineers and uplift capability across the team
•Drive pragmatic, high-quality engineering decisions aligned to business outcomes

Staff Software EngineerFinancial ServicesEngineeringInformation TechnologyBackendAWSJavaMicroservicesMentoringSydney

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationLeadershipAdaptabilityCritical ThinkingTime Management

Key Responsibilities

•Design and build scalable microservices and APIs

•Contribute to architecture for enterprise-scale platforms and systems

•Improve engineering standards, code quality, and secure development practices

•Support integration across internal and external platforms

•Build and run what you ship – embedding observability, reliability, and resilience

•Contribute to CI/CD, automation, and safe, frequent deployments

•Mentor engineers and uplift capability across the team

•Drive pragmatic, high-quality engineering decisions aligned to business outcomes