We're creating AI-powered lending experiences at scale.
You have the drive to build skills for the future of tech.
Together we make a real difference
Do work that matters:
We're Unloan, a start-up inside Australia's largest bank, combining the speed, autonomy and close-knit culture of a tech start-up with the scale, trust and stability of Commonwealth Bank.
As a Senior Software Engineer in our Acquisition Squad, you'll design, architect and build customer-facing experiences that support every stage of the home lending journey, owning solutions end to end, from implementation and testing through to deployment and production support.
Working at the forefront of AI-enabled software engineering, you'll leverage orchestrators, harnesses and models to accelerate delivery, improve quality and help shape the future of how software is built, bringing strong technical fundamentals, curiosity, pragmatism and a bias for delivery to everything you do.
See yourself in our team:
Join the Customer Acquisition Crew at Unloan, where we're simplifying and transforming the lending experience through technology.
Working in a startup-minded environment, you'll be part of a micro squad with the autonomy to solve meaningful problems, influence decisions and directly shape customer outcomes.
As an AI-first business, engineers have access to modern AI platforms, significant AI capability investment, substantial token allocation across leading AI models and tooling, and practical experience with agentic solutions that will shape the next decade of technology careers.
You'll join a collaborative team that values ownership, continuous improvement and practical innovation to solve real customer problems.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
Have strong TypeScript, React, Next.js and Node.js development experience.
Can design, build and consume GraphQL and REST APIs.
Bring solid PostgreSQL expertise across modelling, migrations and optimisation.
Understand scalable system design, distributed services and integrations.
Write clean, secure, well-tested and maintainable production code.
Have a strong full-cycle engineering mindset. You own what you build in production.
Work in an AI-first way and can direct, review and refine AI-generated code.
Understand how to leverage agentic workflows and apply sound engineering judgement.
Balance engineering excellence with pragmatism, speed and collaboration.
Tech skills
We're an AI-first business. We don't expect you to know everything here, but experience with some of it, or the equivalents, will set you up for success.
Front end: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Storybook
Back end: Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs
Database: PostgreSQL
Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, Cloudflare, Docker, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform)
DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, Monorepo tooling
Testing & Quality: Jest, Playwright
Monitoring & Observability: Application Insights
Architecture: Distributed systems, System design
Engineering Practices: Full-cycle engineering, Incident response
AI & Developer Productivity: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Agentic AI workflows, AI-assisted code generation, testing and debugging, Prompting and context management
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
- Strong TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Node.js development experience
- Experience designing, building, and consuming GraphQL and REST APIs
- Solid PostgreSQL expertise, including data modelling, migrations, and optimisation
- Understanding of scalable system design, distributed services, and integrations
- Ability to write clean, secure, well-tested, and maintainable production code
- Full-cycle engineering experience, including production ownership and support
- Ability to direct, review, and refine AI-generated code
- Understanding of agentic workflows and sound engineering judgment
- Experience with relevant front-end, back-end, cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, testing, monitoring, and AI development technologies or equivalents
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.
Commonwealth Bank Insights
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.
