Role Overview & Context

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) is currently seeking applications for the role of Staff Software Engineer. 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:

• Lead the technical design and delivery of scalable full-stack solutions using C#/.NET and Next.js/React.
• Shape architecture and engineering strategy across applications, APIs, integration patterns, and cloud platforms.
• Partner with engineering, product, platform, security, and business stakeholders to translate complex needs into pragmatic solutions.
• Raise engineering quality through reusable patterns, code reviews, test automation, observability, security, and operational excellence.
• Mentor senior engineers, facilitate technical decision-making, and build alignment across teams without relying on formal authority.
• Own complex production issues, drive root-cause analysis, and deliver systemic improvements that reduce recurrence and operational risk.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience leading complex systems and influencing engineering outcomes across teams.
• Extensive experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native workloads on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.

Selection Criteria & Candidate Profile

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

• Expert-level experience with C#, .NET, and ASP.NET Core for building secure, scalable APIs and backend services
• Strong hands-on experience with modern web development using Next.js, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, distributed systems, integration patterns, asynchronous processing, and data modelling.
• Proven ability to define engineering standards, evaluate trade-offs, simplify complex designs, and guide solutions from discovery through production.
• Strong testing discipline across unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, and performance testing.
• Advanced debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills across full-stack and distributed environments.
• Extensive experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native workloads on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• AWS experience across services such as ECS/EKS, Lambda, Application Load Balancer, API Gateway, Aurora PostgreSQL/RDS, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch

Key Competencies & Technical Proficiencies

Remuneration, Benefits & Flexibility

• Workplace Flexibility: CommBank India Tech Campus: Manyata Embassy Business Park, Bangalore.
• Remuneration Benchmark: ₹3,500,000 – ₹4,800,000 INR per annum + Performance Bonus & Healthcare Benefits. (CommBank India Bangalore tech benchmark.)
• Employee Privileges: Access to employee banking discounts, competitive superannuation/pension, 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.
• Advertising End Date: October 14, 2026 (14/10/2026).

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