Job Description

The Commonwealth Bank is the leading financial institution in Australia and provides integrated financial services.


The role sits within the Bankwest Technology division. Bankwest is a subsidiary of The Commonwealth Bank, and the Bankwest Technology division (BWT) is accountable for maintaining system resilience and supporting the delivery of our bold technology strategy at pace and scale.


Bankwest Technology consists of Platforms and Chapters underpinned by areas of expertise that manage Bankwest technology, applications and systems to support the Bankwest business. Bankwest Technology is located primarily in Bankwest Place in Perth, WA and has a total approx. 650 employees.


Bankwest Technology is made up of the following areas of expertise


Technology Programs Engineering and Automation Strategy & Agility GTS Technology Platforms and Service Management Chief Technology Office Risk and Control Advisory and Delivery
You will be working as a team member within the squad and will be reporting to an Engineering Manager.

Impact & contribution:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you are:


Empathetic and self-aware. You think and care deeply about how you might interact with your team, stakeholders and customers. A Mentor, harboring a passion to nurture, grow and influence those around you to think differently and always maintain a growth mindset. Innovative. You continually seek to improve the status quo for our customers. You inspire your team to do the same and remain resilient through change. Promoting quality and delivering at pace through the maximization of automation is one of the key focus area of the role. Ownership, you take responsibility for the software design, engineering processes and quality standards of yours as well as your team members as you work in a collaborative environment.

Roles & Responsibilities:

As a Senior Software Engineer,


All aspects of the SDLC which includes Analysis, Estimation, Design, Development, Quality Assurance, Support, Maintenance and Optimization tasks. Coach and guide software developers Drive pragmatic and fit for purpose solutions of high technical quality. Act as "Quality Advocate" for the squad, encourage critical thinking mindset and drive prevention of defects over detection of defect Provide tools, expertise, and knowledge to help squad gain a shared understanding of outcome and shared ownership of quality Pro-actively look for ways to provide faster feedback, including uplift in test automation maturity in the squad. Work collaboratively with engineers within and across squads. Support the team in delivering quality outcomes within committed time frames Follow secure code practice. Stakeholder Management - communication with a range of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical at all levels, including explaining complex technical issues to a non-technical audience.

Essential Skills:

Minimum 8-12 years of experience with expert level knowledge, working with the following languages Java (Spring preferred) Front End Web Development (Angular preferred - only for Full stack) Experience working with the following Tools: IDEs (Visual Studio Code & IntelliJ) Node and NPM (only for Full stack) Automated Testing frameworks such as JUnit, Playwright Quality Assurance Source Control systems such as Git Build & Deployment tools such as TeamCity, Octopus Deploy Monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, Checkmarx Knowledge on AWS(Preferred) Willingness to continuously learn new tools and technologies.
Awareness of the following Software Development Concepts:


REST and API Development CI/CD and DevOps TDD and BDD Micro-services Architecture Secure Coding Practices

Educational 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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