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 at scale
Mission-critical financial systems
Transaction processing expertise
Ledger consistency and performance
Enterprise platform capabilities
Telemetry and operational signals
Engineer-first mentality
Nice-to-have
Deep systems engineering excellence
Institutionalising wins and patterns
Transforming ledger into enterprise platform
Embedding repeatable platform patterns
Surfacing telemetry for insights
Senior engineering authority
Balancing problem solving with leverage
Key Requirements
Senior engineering authority
Deep expertise in mission-critical financial systems
15+ years experience leading engineering (nice to have)