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Job Title: Staff Software Engineer – Centre of Excellence
Location: Bangalore-Manyata Tech Park
Business & Team: About CommSec
CommSec is Australia’s leading online share trading platform. We’re part of a progressive technology organisation within the bank, shaping the future of financial services through innovation and engineering excellence.
Your Role:
As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll be a senior technical authority driving strategic initiatives across automation, AI-driven engineering, and platform reliability. You’ll remain deeply hands-on, solving complex problems, influencing architecture, and delivering scalable, secure solutions that power CommSec’s next-generation platform.
Responsibilities:
- Advanced .NET Engineering & Automation
- Basis understanding Kubernetes, heml.
- Strong experience in building secure, scalable and high performing apis in .net core, microservice. Python expertise is an added advantage.
- Develop RESTful APIs and backend systems leveraging SQL Server and PostgreSQL (AWS RDS).
- Implement robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and TeamCity.
- Automate infrastructure and operational workflows using PowerShell, Shell, Python, and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Reliability & Observability
- Champion reliability engineering practices to enhance system resilience.
- Drive observability improvements using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Technical Leadership (IC Focus)
- Influence architectural decisions with a focus on scalability, automation, and AI enablement.
- Provide technical direction for complex problem-solving and strategic initiatives.
- Share knowledge through documentation, technical blogs, and mentoring peers.
- Participate in on-call rotations to uphold service excellence.
Essential Skills:
- Core: .NET Core / C# (essential)
- Databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL (AWS RDS)
- Scripting & IaC: PowerShell, Shell, Python, Terraform, CloudFormation
- Cloud: AWS (EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB)
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, TeamCity
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch
- Security: OAuth2, secrets management
- Bonus: Docker, Kubernetes, AI/AIOps, ServiceNow
AI & AIOps Integration
- Integrate AI-driven tools such as GitHub Copilot and intelligent agents to accelerate development and operations.
- Contribute to AI initiatives, including automation and diagnostics, and projects like the “Hey CommSec” chatbot.
Education Qualification: Bachelor's / master’s degree in engineering/ information systems from an accredited university.
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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.
