Senior Engineering Manager

Senior Engineering Manager

You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential.

We are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking.

Together we will build tomorrow's bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation.

Do work that matters.

We're building tomorrow's bank today, which means we need creative and diverse engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Envisioning new technologies that are still waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia's future economy.

CommBank is recognised as leading the industry in IT and operations with its world-class platforms and processes, agile IT infrastructure, and innovation in everything from payments to internet banking and mobile apps. We go beyond a passion for web and mobile development, creating reliable APIs at a unique scale in Australia, and you could be a part of that journey.

See yourself in our team.

Retail Technology is responsible for the world-leading application of technology and operations across every aspect of CommBank - from innovative product platforms for our customers, to essential tools within our business. We also use technology to drive simplicity and better banking, an essential component of great customer service, underpinning a strong emphasis on software development as a craft and the adoption of industry best engineering practices.

You'll be part of the Acquisition, Engagement and Retention crew, which sits within the Retail Technology – Everyday Banking team. Specifically, you'll drive the development and stewardship of the technology landscape that powers the crew's strategic objectives. We have an ambitious transformation agenda, modernising across channel, integration and core systems to create amazing customer experiences.

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be driving technology strategy and leading engineers that report to you. You'll play an important role in steering the organisation by providing expert advice relating to technology, solution design and architecture, people leadership and hiring. You will bring a blend of people management and technical expertise and will be responsible for shaping the platform by contributing to the technology strategy, drafting quarterly crew memos, prioritising backlog, defining delivery roadmaps, and deciding which problems to invest in solving.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Have ability to build, lead, and inspire a high-performing engineering team with a solid technical background
• Contribute to CommBank's Engineering Management Practice by coaching and mentoring engineers and raising the bar for the discipline across the organization
• Promotes open communication and creates a safe working environment where our engineers' voices are heard to achieve great outcomes for our organisation, our customers and the community
• Effectively communicates engineering practice standards and consistent ways of working across squads and CBA that align to industry standards
• Drives operational excellence and supports teams in charge of mission-critical production services with diverse stakeholders and complex dependencies
• Encourages risk-taking and constructively challenges the status quo while influencing stakeholders and building diverse and inclusive teams.

Tech Skills

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:

• Leading Solution Architecture & technical working groups across the value stream
• Experience in designing and operating highly available systems in cloud environment – AWS preferred
• Proficient with C#,.NET Core,.NET Framework
• Experience defining and building secure web (next.js/React) and microservices REST API
• Excellent understanding of large-scale distributed systems, integration, and cloud technology
• Establish new ways of working and promote DevSecOps culture of CI/CD pipelines and Automation supported by world-class tools.

Working with us

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in 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.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. We're looking for people who truly live our values: Care, Courage and Commitment and we'll offer you great opportunities to develop your career with us.