Senior Software Engineer - Ab initio
- You are experienced in software engineering with a passion for leadership
- We are a team of big thinkers, who love to push boundaries and create innovative solutions
- Together we can create industry leading digital solutions that impact millions of customers
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.
Here, you'll have the chance to bring your passion to life by working with the latest technology on ground-breaking projects that deliver a seamless and unmatched customer experience
See yourself in our team
You’ll be joining our Software Engineering - Fraud and Scam Chapter. Essentially, you’ll be designing and coding for our applications, playing a pivotal role in safeguarding our customers from the ever-evolving landscape of fraud and scams.
You’ll be working in the exciting world of “staying ahead of fraudsters and scammers”, supporting the design & development of cutting-edge technologies to automate scams and digital intrusion alerts. With a focus on building high TPS low latency applications you’ll be developing API’s and applications using Abinitio.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
- Have solid hands-on experience of data engineering/ETL principles and practices with Unix/Linux, SQL, Ab Initio and other data integration tools and frameworks.
- Are confident demonstrating coding, design, debugging and problem-solving skills
- Have ability to mentor and provide technical assistance to team members.
- Mindset to apply and promote industry best patterns and practices.
- Experience in developing and deploying high quality software solutions with comprehensive test coverage without supervision.
- Experience with estimating development effort for new features
- Ability to lead Level 3 or above support and technical troubleshooting activity.
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 (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team.
- Demonstrated hands-on programming experience in Ab Initio GDE and related products and shell scripting. Background with both Batch and continuous flows is highly regarded.
- Experience with RDBMS (Oracle) concepts and using SQL, Stored Procedures and packages.
- Experience working on real-time applications using either MQs, REST APIs, TCP or Kafka.
- Exposure to Agile working environment and DevOps roles.
- CI/CD concepts and ability to create pipelines in Jenkins, TeamCity, Ab Initio EME or Github Actions.
- Coding with Python or Java preferred, not a must have.
- AWS Cloud hosting knowledge
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. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.
Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers from across all of Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.
If this the role you are looking for, please do apply.
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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Skills Required
- Hands-on software engineering experience
- Hands-on data engineering and ETL experience
- Experience with Unix/Linux
- Experience with SQL and relational database concepts
- Hands-on Ab Initio GDE experience
- Experience with shell scripting
- Coding, system design, debugging, and problem-solving skills
- Experience developing and deploying high-quality software with comprehensive test coverage
- Ability to mentor and provide technical assistance
- Experience estimating development effort
- Ability to lead Level 3 or higher support and technical troubleshooting
- Experience with Oracle, stored procedures, and packages
- Experience with real-time applications using MQ, REST APIs, TCP, or Kafka
- Exposure to Agile and DevOps environments
- Experience creating CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, TeamCity, Ab Initio EME, or GitHub Actions
- Python or Java programming experience
- AWS cloud hosting knowledge
Commonwealth Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Commonwealth Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Commonwealth Bank.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The bank offers additional Life Leave, the option to purchase up to four extra weeks, pet leave, and paid volunteering leave alongside flexible-working options. Public materials indicate these leave features compare well within Australian banking.
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Parental & Family Support — Permanent employees can access up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave, and superannuation is paid for up to 34 weeks of unpaid parental leave. These provisions extend support for new parents beyond standard settings.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Access includes CBHS Health Fund, Fitness Passport, a 24/7 wellbeing platform with telehealth, an Employee Assistance Program, and employer‑paid income protection for up to two years, alongside staff banking perks and share plans. This combination provides day‑to‑day value across health, protection, and financial perks.
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What We Do
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances.
