Keeping our AI on the prize. How CommBank empowers engineers to build the bank of the future. 

If you’re an engineer, you’ll know better than most that engineering is much more than writing code.  For us, it’s about building the bank of the future and reimagining what’s possible for our customers and communities, and we’re looking for talented engineers to join us on the journey.

Our engineers work within our Full Cycle Engineering Framework; an end-to-end approach that guides and empowers our engineers to truly own products and services through every stage.

We know that engineers thrive when they manage high-performing teams, are able to optimise engineering flow and productivity, and make smart technical trade-offs for long-term success.

The result? By focusing on global best practice, we design and produce secure, innovative solutions using cutting-edge architecture

Through the build phase, our teams bring ideas to life with robust code, automation, and scalable infrastructure. Every product is then rigorously challenged through advanced testing and relentless focus on security and reliability. Once in production, we continuously run and improve our solutions—using data, observability, and DevOps principles to keep pace with rapid change and deliver dependable outcomes for millions of Australians.

As Martha McKeen, Executive Manager AI Powered Engineering, puts it:

“We’re committed to setting a new standard in engineering excellence, and we see huge opportunities to harness AI Powered Engineering tools across the engineering lifecycle - from designing and prototyping right through to building, testing and running technology”.

“When AI Powered Engineering tools take care of the repetitive, time-consuming tasks, like managing tech debt and engineering toil, it gives engineers the freedom to focus on what they do best: solving problems, building great products, and delivering real value for our customers,” Martha adds.

However, we know that supporting our engineers is about more than tools and processes, what matters most at CommBank is a passion for learning, a can-do attitude, and a determination to make a difference. We look for people who reflect our core values of Care, Courage, and Commitment, and who bring a drive for continuous improvement and collaboration. Technical skills are important, and you’ll find an incredible breadth of tech stacks, tools, and projects here but your eagerness to solve problems, experiment, and take ownership is what will set you apart.

We’re proud to offer engineers a career framework that reflects the structure and standards of leading global tech companies. This means that when engineers join us, they step into roles that are consistent with their experience and expertise, not inflated titles that misrepresent their level. 

Our engineering career progression is built around two key streams: scale roles and specialised roles. Scale roles represent the core progression path for roles that we hire in high volumes, starting from Graduate Engineers and moving through Engineer, Senior Engineer, and then into either the Individual Contributor track - Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Chief Engineer, Distinguish Engineer, or into Engineering Management positions such as Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager, Engineering Executive Manager, and ultimately Engineering General Manager. Our scale job families are Software Engineering and Platform Engineering.

Specialised roles are discipline-specific and allow engineers to deepen their craft in Site Reliability Engineering, Data Engineering and Security Engineering. These roles are for Senior, Staff and Principal Levels. No matter where you start, you can progress your career in any area, with clear pathways to both management and technical leadership roles. By understanding these opportunities, you can shape a career that maximises your strengths, ambitions, and impact for our customers.

Engineering Career Framework

Engineering Career Progression

Here, you’ll work on projects that matter, collaborate with passionate people, and help deliver technology that millions of Australians rely on every day. If you’re ready to put the customer at the heart of everything you do, take ownership, learn quickly and shape the future of banking, we’d love to hear from you.