Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack (.NET & React/Angular)

About the role

CommBank is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of full-stack insurance technology used by millions of Australians. You will join the Insurance and Retail Partnerships crew within Wealth and Private, working on home insurance technology and applications, combining hands-on engineering with technical leadership. The team owns the home insurance code and application journey end to end.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build scalable full-stack solutions across customer-facing applications and backend services.
• Work hands-on with C#.NET/.NET Core, APIs and modern frontend technologies such as React or Angular.
• Shape microservices, event-driven architecture and engineering patterns that improve reliability, security and performance.
• Lead technical discussions, influence solution design and technology decisions, and apply DevSecOps principles across build, deployment, monitoring and production.
• Mentor engineers, share knowledge and champion continuous improvement and customer-focused technology.
• Experiment with emerging technologies and develop proofs of concept.

Required profile

• Experienced full-stack engineer who stays close to the technology while providing technical leadership.
• Ability to turn complex problems into practical solutions, influence stakeholders and mentor engineers in an Agile environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.

Required skills

• C# and .NET, including .NET Core/.NET Framework, REST APIs, MVC, microservices and design patterns.
• Frontend with React or Angular, JavaScript, HTML and CSS; interest in Next.js.
• Distributed or event-driven systems, such as Kafka.
• AWS cloud engineering and containerisation with Docker.
• CI/CD and DevSecOps with tools such as GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins or Octopus Deploy.
• Relational or NoSQL databases (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB) and monitoring platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk or Observe.

The role offers flexibility to balance where work is done, with at least half the time each month spent in the office. Applications from current Commonwealth Bank Group members must be submitted through Sidekick.