Chief Engineer Core Banking

Communitybankws

Australia
Hybrid (at least half in-office)
Deterministic systems design and performance engineering
Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
Infrastructure, platform and application-layer engineering
Communitybankws seeks a Chief Engineer for its Core Banking platform, focusing on enhancing and modernizing Australia’s financial services infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mission-critical systems and a strong engineering background, particularly in core banking and deterministic systems

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 under enormous load.
  • 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 a measurable uplift in SLIs/SLOs and reduced MTTD/MTTR for critical incidents, alongside enterprise adoption of reusable platform patterns.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

Communitybankws seeks a Chief Engineer for its Core Banking platform, focusing on enhancing and modernizing Australia’s financial services infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mission-critical systems and a strong engineering background, particularly in core banking and deterministic systems.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deterministic systems design and performance engineering
  • Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
  • Infrastructure, platform and application-layer engineering
  • SRE, observability, SLIs/SLOs, MTTD/MTTR optimisation
  • Telemetry design and operational signal governance

Nice-to-have

  • Engineer-first leadership
  • Institutionalising wins and repeatable patterns
  • Transforming ledger into enterprise platform
  • Embedding operational discipline
  • Balancing deep problem solving with enterprise leverage

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years experience in banking/financial services
  • Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems
  • Legacy modernization program leadership

Work Rights

Not specified

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