Total 2 job vacancies by Commonwealth Bank of Australia

• We embed quantitative analytics within highly critical platforms in the Institutional Banking and Markets (IB&M) division of CBA!

• You are a quantitative developer/engineer/analyst or exceptional software engineer with a strong numerical or data analytics skillset in Python, and exposure to modern software engineering practice!

• Together we can build a robust and automated business on top of our industry leading financial tech stack!

See yourself in our team

IB&M is responsible for managing the Group’s relationships with major corporate and government clients and institutional investors, and provides a full range of capital raising, transactional and risk management products and services.

IB&M’s success will be achieved through the effective implementation of our strategic initiatives. QDAT’s (Quants, Data, Analytics and Technology) purpose is to power, transform & grow IB&M, supporting its strategy via a centre of excellence using data, mathematics, insights, and technology to deliver exceptional results for our clients and the wider Group.

Do work that matters

Armed with a Python-based state-of-the-art financial platform and streamlined continuous integration/deployment pipeline, you will be responsible for automating our business end-to-end, ultimately providing insights to our customers, the team, and our stakeholders. As a talented, valuable team player and self-motivated Quantitative Engineer you will bring your skills in Python and data-focused analytics or application development.

On a day-to-day basis

• You will be part of a nimble team of high-performing engineers going above and beyond, to build creative solutions that deliver impactful outcomes to solve our customers’ most complex financial operational and business problems

• Utilise your quantitative skillset to put data at the heart of decision making

• Enable our business to scale through your software engineering skills

• Your commitment to automate and manage all risks (Financial / operational) will enable our business to endure

• Digitalise IB&M’s end-to-end deal life cycle from origination through to credit approval to in-life monitoring through to refinancing

We are interested in hearing from people who have

Please note that we’re interested in hearing from people who might not meet all the following criteria. We’re open to working with the right candidate to fill any skill gaps during your journey at CommBank. 

• Demonstrated expertise in numerical skills, quantitative methods

• Sound understanding of financial markets and/or corporate & institutional lending products is advantageous

• Proven experience with best-practice software engineering with a high level of software engineering knowledge and ability

• Expertise as a Quantitative Developer in delivering insights and analysis to improve financial and operational risk posture

• Commercial focus to allow our business to maximise profitable growth and customer satisfaction outcomes

• An innate ability to effectively communicate with all stakeholders from sales to technical leadership groups

• Continuously striving to learn new skills along with a positive ‘Can-do’ attitude

Working with us

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. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you. 

If this sounds like you, please apply now!

• You are collaborative and enjoy solving analytical problems to help our team to reach highest potential

• We are a team of big thinkers who are engineering the future of banking

• Together we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading technology and innovation

Do work that matters

We're building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need creative and diverse engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Envisioning new technologies that are still waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia’s future economy.

Our Software team are the brains behind Australia’s number one banking app, Netbank, Cardless Cash, Comm Sec Pocket and Spend Tracker. We go beyond a passion for web and mobile development, creating reliable APIs at a unique scale in Australia. And you could be a part of that journey.

See yourself in our team

The CBA technology unit delivers the best digital banking services to Commonwealth Bank customers and to do so is responsible for digital delivery, group data and analytics, technology and technology infrastructure, cyber, fraud, physical security and business resilience for all divisions across CBA. It is also dedicated to delivering the best workplace technology experience for our over 53.000 people across CBA and focused on providing the latest tools, technology, and resources to enhance the way we work together and empower our people to achieve more for our customers.

You’ll be part of Global Markets Technology which- consists of a group of specialist engineers that build and deliver services for the Global Markets business – particularly in the area of Foreign Exchange, Money Markets and Interest Rates. The team is highly agile and ensures that solutions adhere to enterprise standards. The team consists of System Engineers, Software Engineers and Test Engineers, they work collaboratively at PACE and are located in Sydney and Bangalore. (Servicing the Global Markets Businesses in Sydney, London, Amsterdam, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore.)

As a Senior Test Engineer you’ll be working with the team who is in charge of delivering complex solutions for the Global Markets FX (Foreign Exchange) business by ensuring quality for the WallStreet Trading platform. You will be primarily focused on providing the Foreign Exchange and Money Markets solution components through a combination of manual and automation testing. The role involves ensuring that solutions built and configured by the team are fit for purpose in a highly complex, geographically dispersed, solution. Also involves regular interaction with development teams, including Engineering Managers, as well as Technical Support team members in Sydney and Bangalore.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

• Have deep understanding of quality attributes in SDLC and quality practices

• Are passionate about designing, developing and deploying high quality software solutions

• Are ready to execute state-of-the-art coding practices, driving high quality outcomes to solve core business objectives and minimise risks

• Constantly thinks outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex problems

• Are familiar with modern software engineering methodologies (Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, DevOps, Continuous Delivery, UX)

• Have a strong Risk Mindset - All CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify, understand, openly discuss and act on current and future risks

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and provides support and guidance to junior team members

Tech Skills:

We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these will set you up for success in this team:

• Experience working in Investment banking and Trading application is a must

• Expertise in building test automation frameworks - SmartBear or UFT preferred

• Familiarity with server-side scripting languages such as Python or Shell scripting

• PL/SQL Skills and Unix/Linux scripting

• Performance testing using JMeter preferred

• Knowledge of CI/CD implementation using Teamcity & Octopus

• Working knowledge of Agile practices

Working with us:  

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with us is for you.

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in 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.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. We’re looking for people who truly live our values: Care, Courage and Commitment and we’ll offer you great opportunities to develop your career with us.