Principal Software Engineer

You are highly experienced in building customer focussed solutionsWe are a team of big thinkers, who love to push boundaries and create new solutionTogether we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation Do work that matters CommBank is recognized as leading the industry in IT and operations with its world-class platforms and processes, agile IT infrastructure, and innovation in everything from payments to internet banking and mobile apps. Here, you’ll get to turn your passion into reality, working with new technology on state-of-the-art projects to enable a seamless and unrivalled customer experience. Born curious, you’re constantly learning and are eager to share the latest tech, insights and ways of working with your team. Honing your craft is something that happens inside and outside of work and you’re a passionate and active member of the broader software engineering community. We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in 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. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.   See yourself in our team The Service Management Modernisation Program (SMM) is a pivotal transformation to achieve the target state DevSecOps vision. In simple terms, we aim to optimise some highly manual and administrative operational work, to simplify the life of service owners and engineers who build and run these services. This role will support directly this highly visible and in-demand roadmap of modernisation and automations. The backlog of work is wide can range from simplifying a process, eliminate some hands-off or attestations, to completely automate the way we run our compliance around technology controls. The technologies will be around Data and analytics, UI and dashboards, automations and system integrations. This newly formed squad will be embedded in SRE engineering and start working together at with a new Product Manager who can balance effort and complexity across a list of improvements you will be involved with engineers in Business units to creatively solve their problems and pan points.   Cultural fit and attitude first. Main responsibilities as Principal Software Engineer: Expert in reducing manual toil with automationArchitectural experience to be able to assess manual processes and design, build and deploy efficient, modern alternativesSystem design and integration skills, ensuring all parts of the automation system are built and work together seamlesslyExcellent debugging skills. You will be required to debug complex technical issues involving multiple system components with complex relationshipsExcellent communication, influencing and collaboration skills to ensure you can effectively share ideas and solutions with your teamNatural mentorship ability to support and grow your peers Tech skills:  You will need to be across a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all deeply but experience or exposure to some of these will set you up for success in this team: You are a long term, experienced, full stack software engineer, who enjoys the satisfaction of building solutions and services across a wide array of systems to address complex challengesExpert experience with GoLang, JavaScript, AWS, Python, SQL, microservices, RESTful APIs, system design, CI/CD and architecture. Bonus if you also have experience in C#, .Net, Azure, NodeJS, shell scriptingPassion for mentoring and continually improving the processes for CBA engineersExpert level experience with:Tools: Jira, Confluence and ServiceNowContainerisation: Docker and Kubernetes/EKSSource control and CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArtifactoryMonitoring: Grafana and PrometheusExpert with full SDLC and modern software engineering practices such as Trunk development, Unit Testing, Pen testing and TDDExtensive knowledge and experience in application development and designDemonstrated experience with continuous delivery technologies, CI / CD complex solution design and implementation at scale. Working with us:  Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.    Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. One where we’re driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.   Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers from across Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.     If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today!  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. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career. We're aware of some accessibility issues on this site, particularly for screen reader users. 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