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