Senior Engineering Manager – Engineering and Cloud COE at Commonwealth Bank

Sheidow Park, South Australia, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

13 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Cloud Platforms, DevSecOps, AI-Powered Engineering, Software Engineering, Technical Excellence, Continuous Learning, Capability Uplift, Cyber Security, Resilience, Observability, Microservice Best Practices, Developer Experience, Engineering Metrics, Stakeholder Engagement, Agile Delivery, Team Leadership

Industry

Financial Services

Description

You are passionate about innovative team culture and engineering excellence We are high performing engineers pushing the boundaries of software engineering Together we can lead the future of engineering! Do work that matters Business Banking (BB) Technology is on a mission to become Australia’s leading digital business bank. We partner closely with our business colleagues to solve real customer problems through technical innovation and empowered teams. See Yourself in Our Team At CommBank, we’re not just building software we’re transforming how Australia banks. As a Senior Engineering Manager you’ll be at the forefront of our AI Powered Engineering strategy, driving technical excellence, uplifting capability, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. In this role You’ll lead the Engineering & Cloud Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Everyday Business Banking on its mission to enable and accelerate engineering excellence across the domain. In partnership with your Executive Manager, and leading a team of 7 engineers, you will enable your team to support 75 delivery squads and 400+ engineers across the domain. The CoE’s mandate is twofold: Ensure squads have effective, scalable cloud and environment foundations. Continuously embed and scale enterprise engineering practices, tooling, and capability across EBB — enabling fast, secure, reliable, and cost-efficient delivery at scale. Your team already plays a well-established role in cloud and environment effectiveness. You will build on this foundation and broaden the scope to drive uplift across DevSecOps, modern testing practices, cyber security, service management, resilience and observability, microservice best practices, AI-powered engineering, and developer experience. The CoE will also lead the evolution of our engineering metrics capability — tracking maturity, identifying gaps, and enabling targeted uplift across squads. Importantly, your team will act as a bi-directional bridge with CBA’s central technology teams — partnering to ensure enterprise platforms and tooling effectively support the needs of EBB squads. Key Responsibilities Cloud & Environment Enablement Maintain and enhance cloud and environment governance and effectiveness. Improve environment provisioning, scalability, cost transparency, and operational resilience. Ensure squads have frictionless access to fit-for-purpose engineering environments. Engineering Uplift Develop and execute structured adoption roadmaps of enterprise engineering standards, tooling, and practices across EBB squads. Sequence initiatives, plan capacity, and manage multiple concurrent streams of work. Drive measurable improvement in engineering maturity, security posture, reliability, and delivery effectiveness. Metrics & Continuous Improvement Mature our engineering metrics framework to provide clear visibility of progress and risk. Use insights to prioritise targeted interventions and capability uplift. Track outcomes and communicate impact to stakeholders. High-Performing Team Leadership Attract, retain, and develop high-calibre engineering talent. Create structured opportunities for learning, collaboration, and mastery — particularly in emerging areas such as AI-powered engineering. Foster a culture of psychological safety, autonomy, ownership, and continuous improvement. Enterprise Influence & Partnership Translate broader technology strategy and OKRs into clear, actionable priorities for your team. Build strong relationships across EBB and with central technology teams, ensuring central tooling and platform offerings are refined to meet domain needs. Actively source feedback from squads and adapt the CoE’s focus accordingly. Operational Excellence Ensure agile delivery within the CoE — incremental outcomes, fast feedback loops, and iterative refinement. Provide timely, effective CoE expertise when squads need support. Surface innovative thinking from within our domain and help bring it to life. We are interested in people who have Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams in complex, multi-squad environments. Deep technical expertise and broad knowledge across modern software engineering, cloud platforms, DevSecOps, and AI-enhanced workflows. Strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle in fast-paced, regulated environments. Passion for uplifting engineering capability, driving engagement, and simplifying developer experience. Ability to operate strategically while executing pragmatically. Exceptional planning, prioritisation, and communication capability. Demonstrated ability to articulate complex technical strategy clearly. Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability. Working with us Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you. We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in our Sydney office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today! 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. We're aware of some accessibility issues on this site, particularly for screen reader users. We want to make finding your dream job as easy as possible, so if you require additional support please contact HR Direct on 1800 989 696. Advertising End Date: 12/03/2026 Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you. Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. One where we’re driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day. Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges, and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

Responsibilities

The role involves leading the Engineering & Cloud Centre of Excellence (CoE) to enable and accelerate engineering excellence across Everyday Business Banking, focusing on cloud foundations and scaling enterprise engineering practices. Key duties include driving uplift across DevSecOps, testing, security, resilience, and AI-powered engineering, while leading a team of seven engineers.