Staff Platform Engineer (Data & Platform Engineering)

• Design and build enterprise-scale cloud data platforms powering critical banking services

• Join a high-performing engineering team modernising data capabilities across analytics, fraud and customer insights

• Work with leading technologies including Snowflake, AWS, Kubernetes and AI-assisted engineering practices

Do work that matters:

As a Staff Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in building and evolving data platforms that support some of the bank's most critical capabilities, including analytics, fraud detection, customer insights and regulatory reporting.

Working within the Data Hosting Platform Engineering team, you'll combine deep technical expertise with engineering leadership to drive platform modernisation, improve reliability and help shape the future of enterprise data capabilities.

You will:

• Design and deliver enterprise-grade data platform solutions

• Build and optimise high-volume batch and streaming data pipelines

• Develop cloud-native solutions using Snowflake, AWS and modern engineering practices

• Drive automation, reliability and operational excellence

• Improve engineering standards and reusable platform capabilities

• Support secure data integration and API-based services

• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams

• Champion continuous improvement and engineering excellence

See yourself in our team:

You will join the Data Hosting Platform Engineering team, building secure, scalable and highly available data platforms that support the future of banking.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Have extensive experience building enterprise data and platform solutions

• Bring strong expertise in Snowflake, ETL/ELT development, data integration and data modelling

• Have advanced software engineering skills across Python, Java and SQL technologies

• Understand cloud-native engineering practices and platform design within AWS environments

• Have experience working with large-scale database technologies including Oracle, PostgreSQL and Snowflake

• Demonstrate an automation-first mindset and passion for engineering excellence

• Have experience applying DevSecOps, data governance and secure engineering practices

• Enjoy mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams

Technical Expertise

Data Engineering

• Snowflake

• Enterprise data integration

• ETL/ELT development

• Data modelling

Programming & Development

• Python (preferred)

• Java

• Unix/Linux Shell scripting

• REST APIs

• Advanced SQL

• PL/SQL

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• AWS

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• GitHub

• Jenkins / GitHub Actions

Data Platforms

• Oracle

• PostgreSQL

• Snowflake

• Performance tuning

• Database optimisation

Quality Engineering

• Data validation

• ETL testing

• SIT/UAT

• Automation

• Production support

• Root Cause Analysis

Security & DevSecOps

• Secure data engineering

• Data governance

• Encryption

• DevSecOps

• Observability (Splunk)

Ways of Working:

• Build reusable engineering frameworks

• Platform ownership

• Continuous improvement

• Engineering automation

• Mentoring and capability uplift

• AI-assisted engineering using GitHub Copilot

Working with us

At CommBank, we're committed to creating an accessible, inclusive and respectful workplace. If you require support or adjustments, please let us know. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and we're particularly committed to making a positive difference for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For support please contact 1800 989 696.

If this sounds like you, apply now and help engineer the future of banking through modern data and platform capabilities.