Chapter Lead Engineering Manager - Software Engineering

Chapter Lead (Engineering Manager) - Software Engineering



Do work that matters


We are seeking a highly skilled Chapter Lead to join our fast-paced team. As a Chapter Lead, you'll be providing expert advice relating to technology, solution design and architecture, people leadership and driving excellence in technical delivery as per group engineering practices and standards. You will bring a perfect blend of people management, technical expertise and will be responsible for shaping the evolution of technical squad through contribution to the technology strategy, quarterly crew memo, prioritise backlog, define delivery roadmap, and determine which problems to invest in solving.


You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop scalable solutions using wide tech stack. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a passion for building robust systems.



See yourself in our team


As a member of the Operations Technology (Ops Tech) division, you will contribute to the technology products and services we deliver, from architecture, technical design and coding to deployment to operation. Our Ops Tech products and services are leveraged across many Business Unit Platforms within the Bank to deliver industry-leading software.



The role is a hands-on people leader in the Workflow Crew, that builds workflow platforms for consumption by many Business Units.



We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Have the ability to build, lead, and inspire an engaged team of engineers while also fostering an engineering culture of excellence.
  
• Can contribute to the Bank's Engineering Management Practice by coaching and mentoring engineers and raising the bar for the discipline across the organization.
  
• Can effectively communicate engineering practice standards and consistent ways of working across squads and CBA that align to global best practice.
  
• Promote open communication and creates a safe working environment where our engineers' voices are heard to achieve great outcomes for our organisation, our customers, and the community.
  
• Can drive operational excellence and supports teams in charge of mission-critical production services with diverse stakeholders and complex dependencies.
  
• Encourage risk-taking and constructive challenge while growing diverse and inclusive teams.
  
• Establish new ways of working, successfully advocated for new technology approaches, with the experience to understand the architectural integration of new software solutions.
  

Technical Skills:


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;

• Extensive experience in enterprise-level engineering.
  
• Have a proven track record of leading high-performing engineering teams
  
• Expertise with API specification, design, registration and tooling (e.g. Open API, Kong)
  
• Experience in distributed, low latency environments.
  
• Language orientation: Experience on C#, .NET Framework Core, essential. SOAP/REST APIs, Microservices and containerisation a plus. Node, Python and scripting knowledge useful
  
• Soft skills: Excellent communication skills. Working experience with Agile methodologies.
  
• Cloud: Experience on cloud migrations and deployment, with preference for Azure Cloud, and Power Platform
  
• Artificial Intelligence: Experience in AI technologies, particularly around tooling enhancements will be valued.
  
• Data engineering: expertise in building a data lake using real-time and near real-time services, along with data transformation, aggregation, and offering through API endpoints
  
• CI/CD: expertise with usage and configuration of fully automated pipelines is useful. This includes GitHub Actions, Artifactory and Azure DevOps.
  
• DevOps: Familiarity with DevOps-managed environments. Specifically, around observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, Promethius, PagerDuty)
  
• Test Automation: Unit/Integration/Acceptance/Performance testing experience in API.
  
• Security: Defence in depth, including identity management, encryption and public cloud security obligations
  
• Databases: Relational databases (e.g. Postgres / Oracle), as well as data warehousing and No-SQL databases (MongoDB).
  
• Familiarity in event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ) and orchestration (Apache Camel, Temporal, MuleSoft)
  

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today!



We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office.

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. We are working hard to build a team of people who represent the rich diversity of our customers and communities. If you're excited about this opportunity but you don't meet every single requirement, or your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still want to encourage you to apply. You may just be the perfect candidate for this opportunity or another within CommBank.

At CommBank we will inspire you with work that makes a difference, surround you with talented people that respect and value each other, and empower you to grow professionally and personally. Most of all, making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

We're determined to make a real difference for Australia's first peoples. We encourage all interested applicants to apply. If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest), 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.