Chapter Lead/engineering Senior Manager

Senior Engineering Leader

You are a visionary engineering leader driving innovation.

We are innovators shaping the future of banking tech.

Together we can build resilient systems that strengthen the future.

Do work that matters.

We're a dynamic and innovative team, dedicated to building world-class engineering solutions that power CommBank's Institutional Banking & Markets division. Here, you'll lead and grow a talented engineering team while delivering technology that supports Australia's financial markets and strengthens the bank's future.

See yourself in our team.

As a Senior Engineering leader, you'll drive technical delivery, modern engineering practices, and a strong culture of excellence. You'll balance hands-on engineering with people leadership, ensuring our platforms are secure, scalable and resilient.

You'll work closely with business and technology stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear, customer-focused strategies. This role plays a critical part in shaping how we deliver, how we operate, and how we continuously improve.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Have deep experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Can balance technical excellence with delivery agility and strong stakeholder engagement.
• Build collaborative, psychologically safe teams and coach emerging leaders.
• Communicate complex technical ideas clearly to non-technical audiences and influence decision making.
• Demonstrate strong commercial acumen and a product mindset.
• Thrive in environments where modernization, continuous improvement and operational excellence are key.
• Bring experience in financial services, ideally with exposure to financial markets or data-intensive domains.

Tech skills:

We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. Experience with some of these will set you up for success:

• Strong programming experience with Python (backend/data) and TypeScript (front end), with the ability to work across multiple languages when needed.
• Deep experience with AWS (certification preferred).
• Experience working with ETL pipelines, data platforms and writing efficient SQL for complex queries.
• Strong understanding of databases and caching technologies (Snowflake, Postgres, Oracle).
• Experience with event-driven and messaging systems such as SQS, SNS or Kafka.
• Familiarity with engineering and delivery toolchains including GitHub, GitHub Actions, Octopus, TeamCity and Artifactory.
• Expertise in observability and reliability practices using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana and CloudWatch.
• Solid understanding of security best practices including secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager) and certificate management.
• Experience with automated testing and modern testing methodologies such as TDD and BDD.
• Ability to design and implement scalable, data-intensive systems using APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns and serverless architectures.
• Knowledge of deployment strategies, CI/CD and SRE principles.
• Interest or experience in AI and machine learning technologies, including agentic AI frameworks, Eval frameworks and automated supervisory/monitoring.

Working with us:

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you. We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in our Sydney office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few.

If this sounds like you, apply now!

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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