Chief Engineer Core Banking

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Sydney, NSW, Australia
Onsite
Core banking engineering expertise
Deterministic systems design
High-throughput distributed systems
The Core Banking platform is the deterministic engine behind Australia’s largest and most demanding financial services institution, requiring precision, speed, and dependability at national scale

Job Summary

  • The Core Banking platform is the deterministic engine behind Australia’s largest and most demanding financial services institution, requiring precision, speed, and dependability at national scale.
  • As Chief Engineer, you will lead from the front solving complex problems in transaction processing, ledger consistency, and nation-scale performance while converting solutions into reusable platform components.
  • Commonwealth Bank offers flexible working options, a respectful and inclusive workplace, and opportunities for career development aligned with their values of Care, Courage and Commitment.

Matching Summary

The Core Banking platform is the deterministic engine behind Australia’s largest and most demanding financial services institution, requiring precision, speed, and dependability at national scale.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Core banking engineering expertise
  • Deterministic systems design
  • High-throughput distributed systems
  • SRE and observability standards
  • Legacy modernisation experience
  • Telemetry and operational signal governance

Nice-to-have

  • Leadership in mission-critical banking environments
  • Expertise in ledger and accounting systems
  • Coach elite engineering teams
  • Enterprise platform architecture
  • Proactive incident remediation
  • Cloud and mainframe migration knowledge

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years engineering leadership experience
  • Experience in large mission-critical banking environments
  • Proven legacy modernisation program contribution
  • Expertise in ledger/accounting systems
  • Not specified

Work Rights

Not specified

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