Chief Engineer Core Banking

Southsidecb

Australia
Hybrid (at least half of the time in-office)
Deterministic systems engineering at scale
Mission-critical financial systems expertise
Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
The Chief Engineer Core Banking position at Southsidecb seeks an experienced engineering leader to oversee the evolution of a critical financial services platform in Australia. The role emphasizes solving complex deterministic systems challenges while driving modernization and operational excellence

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.

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The Chief Engineer Core Banking position at Southsidecb seeks an experienced engineering leader to oversee the evolution of a critical financial services platform in Australia. The role emphasizes solving complex deterministic systems challenges while driving modernization and operational excellence.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deterministic systems engineering at scale
  • Mission-critical financial systems expertise
  • Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
  • SRE and observability standards
  • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architecture

Nice-to-have

  • Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems
  • Coaching elite engineering teams
  • Engineer-first mentality
  • Translating technical risk to business trade-offs

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years experience leading engineering
  • Legacy modernization program leadership
  • Work rights for Australia

Work Rights

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