CommBank
Digital Banking
PrincipalSoftwareEngineer–NetBankNext
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“Principal Software Engineer – NetBank Next at CommBank. Skills: Technical Leadership, Platform Rebuild, Digital Transformation, Software Engineering. Provide technical leadership. lead and support engineers”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver at pace; Shape the future of digital banking; Deliver a modern, scalable digital experience for millions of customers; Strengthen reliability and operational excellence in mission-critical channels; Uplift engineering standards across architecture, front-end performance, testing and DevSecOps; leave a mark on a platform used daily by millions
Industry & Context.
technical judgement; design and implementation of solutions to complex problems; addressing Tech Debt; Simplify and decouple complex legacy systems; removing obsolete systems and code
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Developing 3-tier application both on-premises and on cloud, experience or exposure with some of these will set you up for success, experience across full stack, full cycle software engineering with a focus on front-end solutions, practical experience in operating microservices within a DevSecOps framework, experience in addressing Tech Debt using a commercially focused and pragmatic approach, identify, gain support, and ensure execution of technical direction and strategy for the business, demonstrate design and implementation of solutions to complex problems, onboarding and migrating to new tooling, removing obsolete systems and code, leading senior engineers
Nice to Have
Next. js (preferred), Kubernetes a plus
What You'll Do.
Provide technical leadership
lead and support engineers
Partner with Engineering Managers
Partner with Tech Leads
Partner with Principal Engineers
Partner with Chief Engineers
drive technical alignment
Ensure high standards of engineering quality
Ensure operational excellence
Guide teams through go-live phase
balancing delivery pace
balancing platform sustainability
scalable digital experience
Simplify and decouple complex legacy systems
Strengthen reliability
Strengthen operational excellence
Uplift engineering standards across architecture
Uplift engineering standards across front-end performance
Uplift engineering standards across testing
Uplift engineering standards across DevSecOps
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Engineering Managers; Partner with Tech Leads; Partner with Principal and Chief Engineers; building diverse and inclusive teams
Communication Scope
influencing stakeholders
Process & Methodology
delivery focus, balancing delivery pace
Full Job Description
_**Principal Software Engineer – NetBank Next**_ **Lead at scale. Deliver at pace. Shape the future of digital banking.** We’re entering a critical delivery phase of our NetBank rebuild (Digital 2.0) — one of the largest digital transformations at CommBank. This is a high-impact, in-flight transformation program where strong technical judgement, delivery focus, and engineering leadership truly matter. **Do work that matters** NetBank supports millions of Australians every day. As a Principal Engineer in Digi 2.0, you will: * Provide technical leadership across multiple squads within a large-scale platform rebuild. * Initially lead and support ~10 engineers, helping them grow, align, and deliver. * Partner with Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Principal and Chief Engineers to drive technical alignment and execution. * Ensure high standards of engineering quality, reliability, performance and operational excellence. * Guide teams through a critical go-live phase, balancing delivery pace with long-term platform sustainability. **Your impact** You will help: * Deliver a modern, scalable digital experience for millions of customers. * Simplify and decouple complex legacy systems. * Strengthen reliability and operational excellence in mission-critical channels. * Uplift engineering standards across architecture, front-end performance, testing and DevSecOps. **Technical Skills Required** We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these will set you up for success in this team: * Developing 3-tier application both on-premises and on cloud covering: * Frontend: React, Typescript, Next.js (preferred). * Backend: .Net core, C#, Java, Node.js. * Database: SQL and NoSQL experience (both admin and usage). * Scripting languages (i.e., TypeScript, Go, Python, GraphQL). * CI/CD tools (i.e., GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Octopus). * Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation. * Inf
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