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Principal Software Engineer

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

2 - 5 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 27/09/2025

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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 organization, 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.

 
Essential Tech Skills:

  • 16+ Years of experience in relevant filed.

  • Demonstrated experience with building complex solution design and implementation at enterprise level.

  • Expert level knowledge in AWS architecture and data structures

  • Extensive knowledge and experience in application development and design and mentoring others. Working Agile

  • Strong AWS knowledge and data structures

  • Should include ServiceNow experience

  • Full cycle developer who enjoys the challenge and satisfaction of writing elegant and efficient code in an Agile environment practicing daily Scrum ceremonies

  • Experience with Go, JavaScript (React/Node), TypeScript, Python, ReactJS, SQL, AWS, RESTful APIs

  • Passion for continually improving the processes for CBA engineers and knowledge of micro services architecture and RESTful APIs 

  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence and ServiceNow and Container technology, Docker and Kubernetes/EKS

  • Source control and CI/CD tooling such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Artifactory, Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Qualys, Graphana and Splunk

  • Full SDLC and modern software engineering practices such as Trunk development, Unit Testing, Pact Testing, Pen testing and TDD

 
Education Qualification: 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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