Commbank
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at Commbank. Skills: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, distributed systems. Design scalable backend applications. Develop scalable backend applications”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver high-quality outcomes
Industry & Context.
problem-solving; technical problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12–18 years of software engineering experience, hands-on experience in Java, hands-on experience in Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA, experience with Kafka, experience building microservices and distributed systems, Hands-on understanding of microservices resilience and orchestration patterns such as Circuit Breaker and SAGA / Choreography, experience with databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar, hands-on experience in ANSI SQL, hands-on experience with AWS, Experience building cloud-native applications in production environments, understanding of REST APIs, system integration, scalability, reliability, and secure software design, Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and modern engineering practices, problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience with Temporal, Exposure to Generative AI / AI-enabled engineering, Experience using GitHub Copilot, Familiarity with Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, Docker, and observability tools
What You'll Do.
Design scalable backend applications
Develop scalable backend applications
Enhance scalable backend applications
Build event-driven architectures
Support event-driven architectures
Build microservices-based architectures
Support microservices-based architectures
Design resilient distributed systems
Implement resilient distributed systems
Develop integrations with databases
Write and optimize queries
Design applications running on AWS
Deploy applications running on AWS
Optimize applications running on AWS
Drive technical design
Drive architecture discussions
Drive engineering best practices
Translate business requirements
Troubleshoot production issues
Contribute to code reviews
Contribute to design discussions
Contribute to technical problem-solving
Support modern engineering practices
Raise engineering bar
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with product managers; Work closely with architects; Work closely with engineering teams
Communication Scope
communication skills
Full Job Description
**Organization:** At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets, and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas, and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things. **Job Title: Staff Software Engineer** **Location:** Bangalore **Business & Team: **Corporate Technology **Impact & contribution** As a senior engineering leader, you will drive the design, development, and evolution of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native platforms. You will bring strong hands-on expertise in backend engineering and distributed systems while influencing architecture, delivery quality, and engineering best practices across teams. This role requires deep technical capability in **Java, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Kafka, databases, and AWS** , along with the ability to solve complex engineering challenges, guide teams, and deliver high-quality outcomes in enterprise environments. **Key responsibilities** * Design, develop, and enhance scalable backend applications using **Java** , **Spring Boot** , and **Spring Data JPA** * Build and support **event-driven and microservices-based architectures** using **Kafka** * Design and implement resilient distributed systems using patterns such as **Circuit Breaker** and **SAGA / Choreography** * Develop robust and efficient integrations with relational and NoSQL databases * Write and optimize queries using **ANSI SQL** * Design, deploy, and optimize applications running on **AWS** * Drive technical design, architecture discussions, and engineering best practices * Work closely with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions * Troubleshoot complex production issues and improve performan
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