Software Engineer

• We are building compliance-critical, greenfield infrastructure at the heart of CBA — systems that are correct by design, auditable by default, and built to last
• You bring deep backend engineering skills, a distributed systems mindset, and the drive to build platforms other engineers depend on
• Together we are setting a new standard for how compliance technology is engineered at scale
• Do work that matters
• This role puts you on a greenfield squad, solving hard engineering problems in the compliance and identity space.
• You will own decisions end to end and build systems that serve 17 million Australians.

If you are energised by distributed systems, care about correctness, and want real ownership on a greenfield platform — this might be the role for you.

See yourself in our teamWe are a squad within the Customer Data Domain. We build backend services and tooling that power compliance workflows at scale. We move fast and treat every design decision as a first-class engineering problem.

• We're Interested In Hearing From People Who
• Have strong backend fundamentals and take correctness and observability seriously
• Understand distributed systems and workflow orchestration patterns
• Are disciplined about auditability, rollback, and failure modes
• Thrive in greenfield environments and are comfortable making architecture decisions with incomplete information
• Tech

Skills

• We use a focused, modern stack.
• You don't need to know all of it, but experience with some of these will set you up for success:
• Backend: Java, Spring Boot
• Frontend: Basic UI development (React or similar)
• APIs: RESTful, domain-driven design
• Data: DynamoDB, Aurora PostgreSQLCI/CD: GitHub Actions
• Container and cloud: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, AWSWorking with us
• Whether you are driven by technical depth, domain complexity, or the satisfaction of building something from scratch — a career with Comm
• Bank is for you.
• We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in the office.
• We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few.
• If this sounds like you, apply now!
• If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application.
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