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 a 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
High-scale transaction processing
Ledger consistency and integrity
Nation-scale performance engineering
Platform-as-a-Service architecture
SRE and observability standards
Engineer-first mentality
Nice-to-have
Deep expertise in ledger/accounting systems
Institutionalising platform wins
Transforming ledger into enterprise platform
Surfacing telemetry and operational signals
Balancing deep problem solving with leverage
Converting fixes into reusable patterns
Key Requirements
15+ years experience in mission-critical banking
Senior engineering authority
Deep expertise in mission-critical financial systems