Organization:
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the largest and number one bank in Australia, serving over 17 million customers. We maintain a high-trust brand reputation built on financial strength, innovation, and community impact. As of July 2025, CBA holds market cap of approximately USD 195.7 billion, ranking us among the top 100 most valuable companies globally. Our leadership in digital banking, customer safety, and responsible AI reflects our commitment to building a brighter future for all. Our values are reflected in our high-trust brand reputation. CBA is consistently ranked among Australia’s most valuable and trusted brands.
Job Title: Staff Software Engineer
Location: Bangalore - Manyata Tech Park
Business & Team: Retail Tech
Impact & Contribution:
Utilise advanced expertise and a broad range of concepts, technology and domain knowledge to develop and deliver world class software solutions to meet business needs.
You will contribute to the financial well-being of our customers by ensuring that our team builds the best solutions possible using modern development practices that ensure both functional and non-functional needs are met. If you have a history of building a culture of empowerment and know what it takes to be a force multiplier within a large organisation then you’re the kind of person we are looking for.
Develop and deploy high quality software solutions with comprehensive test coverage without supervision.
Roles and Responsibilities :
- Analyse business objectives and identify functional and non-functional requirements.
- Design and implement technical solutions for functional and non-functional requirements.
- Provide accurate estimates for the development effort for new features.
- Continuously improve and improvise to find the best solutions for business
- Provide mentoring and technical assistance to other members of the team.
- Work well with different team members whilst practicing knowledge sharing and T-shaping
- Apply and promote industry best patterns and practices with focus on test automation.
- Take ownership of initiatives and assets and follow up to provide highest quality of customer service
- Contribute to the strategic engineering goals within own team / platform
Essential Skills:
- Experience: Minimum 12+ years of industry experience as a full-stack engineer.
- Development Methodologies: .NET Core/.Net 6/.Net 8, REST APIs, Microservices, experience on .NET is mandatory, streaming platforms like Kafka is good to have as well.
- Test Automation: Proficient on writing Unit test cases/Integration test cases Frontend Technologies: HTML5, CSS and Javascript. Also strong in one of the JS frameworks - either React or NextJs (Desired). AI Tools: Should have strong knowledge with agentic coding tool for code generation like Claude Code, Open Code etc.
- Programming Languages: Expert in C# with sound knowledge of OOPS concepts and design patterns. CI/CD: Any Git tool for source control. Build tools like TeamCity or Jenkins or GitHub Action and experience with deployment tooling like Octopus or similar.
- Databases: Either of the relational databases like MSSQL / Oracle.
- Cloud: Any Cloud offering knowledge is a very strong asset. (Preferred AWS)
Monitoring: Familiarization with Splunk/Observe or a similar monitoring tool. Any familiarity with performance tooling like AppDynamics is good to have.
Soft skills: Excellent communication skills. Working experience with Agile methodologies. - Open Telemetry: Prometheus, Grafana
Please extend technical requirements with below mandatory aspects while evaluating profiles and also going forward we will include them in all the appropriate REQs.- Exposure to Cloud and hands-on experience working with any of the AWS Services. Hands-on on AWS Lambda, EC2, ECS etc becomes an added advantage.
- Developer Awareness to DevOps tooling and security practices.
Education/Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology
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Skills Required
- 12+ years of industry experience as a full-stack engineer
- Expert-level C# with object-oriented programming concepts and design patterns
- Professional experience with .NET Core, .NET 6, or .NET 8
- Experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices
- Unit and integration test automation experience
- Frontend development experience with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript
- Strong knowledge of React or Next.js
- Knowledge of agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Open Code
- Source control experience with Git or a similar tool
- Experience with TeamCity, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
- Experience with Octopus Deploy or similar deployment tooling
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle
- Cloud platform knowledge, preferably AWS
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, or ECS
- Familiarity with Splunk, Observe, or similar monitoring tools
- Familiarity with AppDynamics or similar performance tooling
- OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana familiarity
- Awareness of DevOps tooling and security practices
- Experience working with Agile methodologies
- Excellent communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or engineering
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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