Chief Engineer Core Banking

Kombuki

Hybrid (at least half-time in-office with flexible options)
Deterministic systems design
High-scale transaction processing
Ledger integrity and consistency
Kombuki is seeking a Chief Engineer for their Core Banking platform, focusing on solving complex systems problems within Australia's largest financial services infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mission-critical banking systems, particularly in transaction processing and ledger integrity

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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Kombuki is seeking a Chief Engineer for their Core Banking platform, focusing on solving complex systems problems within Australia's largest financial services infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mission-critical banking systems, particularly in transaction processing and ledger integrity.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deterministic systems design
  • High-scale transaction processing
  • Ledger integrity and consistency
  • Nation-scale performance engineering
  • Infrastructure, platform, application layers
  • SRE and observability standards

Nice-to-have

  • Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems
  • Institutionalizing wins and repeatable patterns
  • Transforming system of record to enterprise platform
  • Embedding operational discipline
  • Engineer-first mentality and coaching

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years experience in banking/financial services
  • Legacy modernization program leadership
  • Deep capability in core banking engineering
  • Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
  • Telemetry design and operational signal governance

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