Commonwealth Bank Group
Banking
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at Commonwealth Bank Group. Skills: C#, .NET Core, Microservices, Architecture. Design scalable microservices. Develop scalable APIs”
What You'll Achieve.
delivering the new Small Business Banking experience; raise the engineering bar
Industry & Context.
solving complex problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
backend engineering capability (REST APIs, microservices), designed or contributed to enterprise-scale architecture, Understand security, reliability and performance at scale, Care deeply about code quality, simplicity and long-term maintainability
Nice to Have
Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka)
What You'll Do.
Design scalable microservices
Develop scalable APIs
Influence architecture
Improve engineering standards
Improve secure coding
Contribute to safe deployments
Uplift technical capability
Drive engineering decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Join a squad; shaping architecture; raising engineering standards; mentoring other engineers; influencing technical direction; Thrive in collaborative environments; challenge ideas constructively; Actively mentor others
Full Job Description
## **_Staff Software Engineer (Tech Lead- C#, .Net)_** **Business Banking Technology | Sydney or Melbourne** * You are a deeply hands-on engineer who loves solving complex problems. * We are high-performing engineers rebuilding Small Business Banking from the ground up. * Together we’re building tomorrow’s business bank today. ## ## Do work that matters We built Australia’s number one banking app — and then rebuilt it. Now, we’re transforming the Small Business Banking experience within NetBank. We’re creating a modern, personalised digital platform designed specifically for business customers — distinct from retail and corporate banking. This is a rare opportunity to shape a critical rebuild at scale, used by millions of customers. ## ## See yourself in our team As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll join a squad delivering the new Small Business Banking experience. You will play a key role in shaping architecture, raising engineering standards and mentoring other engineers. This is a senior, hands-on role. You will spend the majority of your time designing and building production systems, while influencing technical direction across the crew. **You will:** * Design and develop scalable microservices and APIs * Define and influence architecture for enterprise-scale applications * Improve engineering standards, quality and secure coding practices * Guide integration with internal and third-party services * Contribute to safe deployments through CI/CD, automation and observability * Mentor engineers and uplift technical capability within the squad * Drive pragmatic, high-quality engineering decisions ## ## We’re looking for engineers who * Are genuinely hands-on and comfortable owning complex systems end-to-end * Have strong backend engineering capability (REST APIs, microservices) * Have designed or contributed to enterprise-scale architecture * Understand security, reliability and performance at scale * Thrive in collaborative environments and challenge ideas constru
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