Principal Platform Engineer
Commonwealth Bank
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Contract
Competitive
OfficeSenior
You are passionate, driven, flexible and collaborative
We are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking
Together we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation
Do work that matters
CommBank is recognised as leading the industry in IT and operations with world-class platforms and processes, driving innovation across customer-facing technology and internal services
You’ll help uplift how engineers build and ship software by enabling modern full-cycle practices and developer experience improvements
See yourself in our team
As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will provide technical leadership to design, build and evolve secure, scalable and reliable platform capabilities, enabling engineering and data teams to deliver high-quality outcomes at pace
What you’ll do
Lead and mentor engineers, setting best practices for full stack engineering and modern platform development
Provide technical leadership and direction across platform engineering initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reliable and fit for purpose
Support the development of platform strategy, roadmap, architecture and design for products and services
Design, build and evolve modern platform capabilities that enable engineering and data teams to deliver safely and at pace
Establish and promote engineering standards, reusable patterns, guardrails and golden paths for consistent platform delivery
Drive automation-first practices across provisioning, deployment, monitoring and lifecycle management of platform components.
Improve developer experience through self-service capabilities, reusable templates, standardised pipelines and simplified delivery patterns
Partner with product owners, architecture, security, risk, governance, data and engineering teams to ensure platform solutions meet enterprise standards
Identify and remediate technical debt, risks and issues across platform services through transparent planning and prioritisation
Drive platform observability, reliability, performance engineering and cost optimisation
Apply a strong risk mindset by proactively identifying, discussing and acting on current and future risks
What we’re looking for
We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team;
Experience with modern cloud data platforms, preferably using Airflow, DBT, Snowflake, and AWS, including security, access controls, performance optimization, workload management and cost governance
Experience with transformation frameworks, including modular data modelling, testing, documentation, lineage and CI/CD integration
Experience with batch and near real-time data processing patterns across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, quality, observability and consumption
Strong capability with modern engineering practices including automation, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, reliability engineering and secure-by-design delivery using tools such as Github Actions and Terraform
Ability to build solutions that are fit for purpose, reliable, scalable, secure, governed and easy to operate
Understanding of release, change management and risk management processes in an enterprise environment
Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills, with experience in financial services preferred but not essential
Working with us
Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank 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 our Sydney or Melbourne 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.
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 you're ready to take your engineering skills to the next level, apply now and become a part of our exceptional team!
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. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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