Chief Engineer Core Banking

Greatercb

Hybrid (at least half time in the office)
Deterministic systems at scale
Mission-critical financial systems
Transaction processing expertise
The Chief Engineer Core Banking position at Greatercb seeks an experienced engineering leader to oversee the evolution of a vital financial services platform. The role emphasizes technical excellence in deterministic systems and aims to enhance platform capabilities while ensuring precision and performance at a national scale

Job Summary

  • The Core Banking platform is the deterministic engine behind Australia’s largest and most demanding financial services institution, underpinning transaction processing, ledger integrity, and position keeping at national scale.
  • As Chief Engineer, Core Banking, you will define the technical direction and engineering craft for the ledger and platform ecosystem, operating comfortably across infrastructure, platform and application layers.
  • Success looks like measurable uplift in SLIs/SLOs and reduced MTTD/MTTR for critical incidents, alongside enterprise adoption of reusable platform patterns that reduce bespoke ledger changes.

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The Chief Engineer Core Banking position at Greatercb seeks an experienced engineering leader to oversee the evolution of a vital financial services platform. The role emphasizes technical excellence in deterministic systems and aims to enhance platform capabilities while ensuring precision and performance at a national scale.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deterministic systems at scale
  • Mission-critical financial systems
  • Transaction processing expertise
  • Ledger integrity and consistency
  • High-scale performance engineering
  • Platform-as-a-Service architecture
  • SRE and observability standards

Nice-to-have

  • Deep ledger/accounting systems expertise
  • 15+ years leadership experience
  • Engineer-first mentality
  • Coaching elite teams
  • Aligning engineering with business outcomes

Key Requirements

  • Senior engineering authority
  • Deep expertise in mission-critical financial systems
  • Experience in legacy modernization programs
  • 15+ years experience in banking/financial services (nice to have)
  • Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems (nice to have)

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