Chief Engineer Core Banking

Bonneville Bank

Australia
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Deterministic systems engineering at scale
Mission-critical financial systems expertise
Led legacy modernization programs
** Bonneville Bank is seeking a Chief Engineer for its Core Banking platform in Australia. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mission-critical financial systems, focusing on precision, performance, and observability, to enhance the bank's platform capabilities and drive modernization efforts. **

Job Summary

  • You will define the technical direction and engineering craft for the ledger and platform ecosystem, operating comfortably across infrastructure, platform and application layers.
  • 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.
  • We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time connecting in office, alongside other flexible working options.

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** Bonneville Bank is seeking a Chief Engineer for its Core Banking platform in Australia. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mission-critical financial systems, focusing on precision, performance, and observability, to enhance the bank's platform capabilities and drive modernization efforts. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deterministic systems engineering at scale
  • Mission-critical financial systems expertise
  • Led legacy modernization programs
  • SRE and observability standards
  • Translate technical risk to business

Nice-to-have

  • Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems
  • Engineer-first mentality and coaching
  • Align engineering with business outcomes
  • Flexible working arrangements

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years experience in financial services
  • Deep capability in core banking engineering
  • Deterministic systems design and performance
  • Low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
  • Infrastructure, platform, application engineering
  • SRE, observability, SLIs/SLOs, MTTD/MTTR
  • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architecture
  • Legacy modernization experience

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