Chief Engineer Core Banking

Commonwealth Bank

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Onsite
Deterministic systems design at scale
Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
Sre and observability standards
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

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 measurable uplift in SLIs/SLOs, reduced MTTD/MTTR for critical incidents, and enterprise adoption of reusable platform patterns that reduce bespoke ledger changes.

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 under enormous load.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deterministic systems design at scale
  • Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
  • SRE and observability standards
  • Platform-as-a-Service architecture patterns
  • Telemetry design and operational signal governance

Nice-to-have

  • Engineer-first leadership
  • Deep systems engineering excellence
  • Institutionalizing wins and repeatable patterns
  • Transforming ledger into enterprise platform
  • Balancing deep problem solving with enterprise leverage

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years leading engineering in mission-critical banking
  • Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems
  • Experience with legacy modernization programs
  • Solving precision, latency, and performance challenges

Work Rights

Not specified

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