Role Overview & Context

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) is currently seeking applications for the role of Data Scientist. As Australia’s leading provider of integrated financial services, CommBank serves more than 17 million customers across retail, business, institutional, and international markets.

Core Responsibilities & Role Scope

In this role at CommBank, key deliverables and operational objectives include:

• Develop and deploy AI/ML models for Financial Crime use cases including AML, fraud, scam detection, and risk intelligence
• Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets using Python, SQL, and PySpark to build scalable data and ML pipelines
• Build and optimise cloud-native AI solutions and workflows on AWS
• Apply statistical analysis, feature engineering, experimentation, and model evaluation techniques to improve model performance
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and domain experts to solve complex business problems and deliver impactful AI solutions
• Support model deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of production ML systems
• Contribute to best practices across responsible AI, model governance, and ML Ops.

Selection Criteria & Candidate Profile

CommBank evaluates candidates against demonstrated capabilities aligned with the requisition scope:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Applied AI
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, PySpark, SQL, and AWS
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and distributed data processing frameworks
• Experience building, evaluating and deploying machine learning models in production environments
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills
• Exposure to Financial Crime, Fraud, AML, Risk, or Banking domains is highly regarded.
• Experience in building and shipping Generative and Agentic AI based systems.

Key Competencies & Technical Proficiencies

Remuneration, Benefits & Flexibility

• Workplace Flexibility: CommBank India Tech Campus: Manyata Embassy Business Park, Bangalore.
• Remuneration Benchmark: ₹1,400,000 – ₹2,200,000 INR per annum + Performance Bonus & Benefits. (CommBank India engineering benchmark.)
• Employee Privileges: Access to employee banking discounts, competitive superannuation, and comprehensive health and wellbeing initiatives.

Important Applicant Information & Support

• Internal Group Candidates: If you are currently employed within the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), please apply through Sidekick to submit a valid internal application.
• Accessibility & Adjustments: CommBank provides support for applicants requiring adjustments. Please contact HR Direct on 1800 989 696 if you require assistance.
• Advertising End Date: October 14, 2026 (14/10/2026).

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