Organization:
At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets, and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organization, your initiative, talent, ideas, and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things
Job Title: Staff Software Engineer
Location: Bangalore
Business & Team: Retail Technology – Core Banking Products
Impact & Contribution:
Here, you’ll create, manage and optimize the platforms used to power our entire business. You’ll have the opportunity to take responsibility for continuous improvement, ensuring our systems are simpler, faster and more secure.
As a Staff Software Engineer at Commonwealth Bank, you will define and facilitate delivery of technology solutions against the group’s architecture strategy, including design and uplift of our system architectures. We strive for simple, intuitive, scalable and robust solutions, delivering the best experience for our customers and staff. Your role will prove critical in helping our business stakeholders and delivery teams understand how to execute their portfolio of work in alignment with the group strategy.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Expert-level technical skills with proven ability to architect and deliver complex systems at scale. Have solid experience in the full software development lifecycle using Agile practices and DevSecOps
Have expertise designing and building Core and Web API’s, web applications and running independent PoC’s
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical goals with business objectives and contribute to the company's technical strategy
Solve technical problems with innovative solutions, optimizing applications for performance and scalability
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application issues promptly
Collaborate with development teams to identify potential issues in early in the development cycle
Implement automation frameworks in creating APIs, data pipelines, and UI components.
Required to maintain and build excellent relationships with associates and stakeholders, as well as actively contribute to team culture and uphold groups core values
Adhere to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct sets the standards of behavior, actions and decisions we expect from our people
Essential skills:
Minimum 10-14 Years of Experience in Full stack development: Strong expertise in C#, .Net Core, Next.js / React.js, Typescript, Node.js, Python (Mandatory)
Experience building scalable, high-performance and secure APIs (Mandatory)
Database: Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Microsoft SQL Server) and NoSQL DBs (AWS Document DB)
Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, TeamCity, and Jenkins
AI & GenAI Tools: Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot, Cline, Roocode and AWS Bedrock
Secure Engineering & DevSecOps: Deep understanding of security principles, DevSecOps, and SRE practices
Monitoring & Observability: Familiar with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Observe and AWS CloudWatch
Education Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology.
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Skills Required
- 10–14 years of full-stack development experience
- Expertise in C#, .NET Core, Next.js or React.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python
- Experience building scalable, high-performance, secure APIs
- Proficiency with relational databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience with NoSQL databases, particularly AWS DocumentDB
- Hands-on experience with AWS or Azure
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, TeamCity, or Jenkins
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot, Cline, Roo Code, and AWS Bedrock
- Deep understanding of security principles, DevSecOps, and SRE practices
- Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Observe, or AWS CloudWatch
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology
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.
