Engineering Manager - Risk Technology

Engineering Manager

Join a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to shaping managing Risk with an AI-driven approach within Business Banking. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead and inspire a talented engineering team within the CRM Workbench Crew.

Your focus will be on developing and maintaining risk platforms and tools that transform traditional business processes into intelligent, autonomous workflows, empowering the bank in managing banking risk.

You'll be at the forefront of supporting products move from traditional approaches towards AI adoption, delivering AI-enhanced products that drive measurable client impact. As a strategic partner to the business, you'll effectively represent engineering perspectives while balancing technical and commercial considerations.

This role combines technical leadership with commercial acumen, ensuring engineering excellence and actively contributing to business strategy and growth through transparent, collaborative stakeholder partnerships.

In this role, you will:

• Support and mentor engineers, creating an environment where people feel valued and empowered to grow
• Partner with teams across the business to align technical decisions with shared goals
• Shape architectural standards and design solutions that enable scalable, secure AI integration
• Co-create and deliver a technical roadmap to re-platform our Risk Copilot Platform into the new world with AI at the forefront
• Encourage open, transparent communication about timelines, trade-offs, and risks
• Help modernise engineering practices through AI-powered automation for better speed, quality, and efficiency
• Strengthen technical foundations, including data quality, infrastructure, and frameworks
• Balance cultural, people, and technology priorities to build an inclusive, collaborative team culture

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Experience creating an environment where engineers feel supported and inspired while delivering innovative solutions
• Strong understanding of technology platforms from frontend experience delivery to managing complex data sets
• Collaborative approach to problem-solving, ideally within a regulated landscape
• Proven ability to lead technical transformation and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (primarily AWS) and modern architecture patterns, with experience influencing architectural decisions
• Hands-on experience leading engineering development teams and solutions on a variety of technical stacks
• Background in cloud-native DevSecOps practices, IaC, and automated deployment pipelines (e.g., CloudFormation, CDK, GitHub Actions), while championing quality and security standards
• Ability to communicate trade-offs, risks, and timelines clearly and empathetically, building trust with stakeholders
• Experience implementing robust engineering quality practices, including automated testing and observability, and coaching teams on best practices
• Knowledge of security governance and compliance requirements for data-intensive applications, and the confidence to guide teams through these complexities

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you. At CommBank, we advocate and facilitate a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating all cultures, abilities, genders, expressions of gender and sexual orientation. Read more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity on our careers website.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. We are working hard to recruit people who represent the diversity of our customers and our society. If you're excited about this opportunity but you don't meet every single requirement, or your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still want to encourage you to send in your application. You may just be the perfect candidate for this opportunity or another within CommBank.

At CommBank we will inspire you with work that makes a difference, surround you with talented people that respect and value each other, and empower you to grow professionally and personally. Most of all, making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

We're determined to make a real difference for Australia's first peoples. We encourage all interested applicants to apply. If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including BankWest), 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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