Principal Software Engineer
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
2 - 5 years
Bengaluru
Posted: 27/09/2025
Job Description
Organization:
At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets, and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas, and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things.
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer
Location: Bangalore-Manyata Tech Park
Business & Team: Technology Products
Impact & Contribution: Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers from across India and have opened technology hubs in Bangalore. We really love working here, and we think you will too.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Defines technical strategy for key business areas, contributing to roadmaps.
Identifies disruptive technologies and drives adoption where beneficial.
Works on solutions and shapes the technical direction of a crew or several teams in their BU.
Leads implementation of complex initiatives with impact across several teams.
Designs and shares resilient solutions with high fault tolerance and graceful degradation.
Identify and drive differentiating outcomes around toil reduction, efficiency and new capability.
Influences crew leadership on technical matters.
Drives cross-functional technical alignment across multiple business units.
Builds a culture of trust where team members feel confident to share their ideas and concerns.
Technology Skills:
18+ years of relevant hands-on work experience in software development.
Experience in creating high level solution architecture flows.
Experience in BIAN architecture and microservices architecture
Experience in developing technical solutions using .NET Core, React JS, Typescript, Next.js, Node.js, Python, REST, GraphQL and API Development.
Source control systems such as GitHub
Build & Deployment tools such as GitHub actions, database such as Oracle, PostgreSQL , AWS Aurora
Extensive experience in Cloud platforms such as AWS.
Experience in TDD, Secure Coding Practices
Education Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology.
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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About Company
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is one of Australia's leading financial institutions, offering a range of banking, investment, insurance, and financial services. Founded in 1911, it operates in Australia and internationally, focusing on retail banking, business banking, wealth management, and financial markets. Renowned for its digital innovation, CBA is a major player in advancing technology-driven banking solutions.
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