- Lead the design and delivery of full-stack insurance technology used by millions of Australians.
- Solve complex engineering challenges while mentoring talented engineers and influencing technical direction.
- Build with modern technologies including .NET Core, React/Angular, AWS, microservices, event-driven architecture and containers.
Do Work That Matters
Join the Insurance and Retail Partnerships crew within Wealth and Private and help shape digital experiences that make a difference for customers.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership to build and evolve our home insurance technology and application journey. From intuitive digital experiences through to secure and resilient backend integrations, you’ll help create solutions that are reliable, performant and simple for customers to use.
You’ll have the opportunity to solve complex problems at significant scale while helping shape engineering practices and the future direction of our technology.
See yourself in our team
You’ll join a high-performing engineering team within Insurance and Retail Partnerships, where we own the home insurance code and application journey end to end.
Working in a full-cycle engineering model, you’ll take ownership from solution design through development and production. You’ll partner closely with engineers, the Product Owner and Crew Tech Lead to:
- Design and build scalable full-stack solutions across customer-facing applications and backend services.
- Remain hands-on with C#, .NET/.NET Core, APIs and modern frontend technologies including React or Angular.
- Shape microservices, event-driven architecture and engineering patterns that improve reliability, security and performance.
- Lead technical discussions and influence solution design and technology decisions.
- Apply DevSecOps principles across build, deployment, monitoring and ongoing production ownership.
- Mentor engineers, share knowledge and strengthen engineering capability across the team.
- Experiment with emerging technologies and develop proofs of concept that can improve customer and engineering outcomes.
- Champion continuous improvement, engineering excellence and customer-focused technology.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
You’re an experienced full-stack engineer who enjoys remaining close to the technology while providing technical leadership to others. You can turn complex problems into practical solutions, influence stakeholders and help engineers grow while maintaining strong engineering standards.
Experience across several of the following will set you up for success:
- Strong C# and .NET experience, including .NET Core/.NET Framework, REST APIs, MVC, microservices, object-oriented programming and design patterns.
- Frontend development experience with React or Angular, JavaScript, HTML and CSS, with an interest in broadening your capability across modern frameworks such as Next.js.
- Experience designing distributed or event-driven systems, including technologies such as Kafka.
- AWS cloud engineering and containerisation experience using Docker.
- CI/CD and DevSecOps experience using tools such as GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins or Octopus Deploy.
- Experience with relational or NoSQL databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle or MongoDB, plus monitoring and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk or Observe.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence stakeholders and mentor engineers in an Agile engineering environment.
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done, with at least half their time each month connecting in office.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you to make an impact, apply today.
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Skills Required
- Strong C# and .NET experience, including .NET Core or .NET Framework
- Experience with REST APIs, MVC, microservices, object-oriented programming, and design patterns
- Frontend development experience with React or Angular, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Experience designing distributed or event-driven systems, including technologies such as Kafka
- AWS cloud engineering and Docker containerization experience
- CI/CD and DevSecOps experience using tools such as GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins, or Octopus Deploy
- Experience with relational or NoSQL databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or MongoDB
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, or Observe
- Ability to lead technical initiatives, influence stakeholders, and mentor engineers in an Agile environment
- Interest in broadening frontend capability across modern frameworks such as Next.js
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.
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