About the Role
As the Chief Engineer Architecture, Cloud and Operations, you will drive innovation, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to push the boundaries of AI capabilities. You will serve as a technical leader, driving thought leadership, designing and implementing large-scale Agentic distributed systems, and influencing senior stakeholders on modern development best practices.
Responsibilities
- Help engineers create adaptable software that evolves with fast-moving technology
- Drive the adoption of a DevSecOps mentality focused on reliability, testing, and responsible AI
- Deliver stable platforms for internal consumers while optimizing for group outcomes
- Shift between business solution development and platform development
- Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to influence and educate on Gen AI solution principles
- Coach and mentor team members on best practices for solving data-centric problems
Requirements
- Proven experience in full-stack software engineering and leading impactful projects
- Strong skills in .NET, C#, TypeScript, and DevOps practices
- Expertise in optimizing AI inference and training pipelines
- Knowledge of distributed storage, data pipelines, and scalable architectures
- Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or published research
- Curiosity about Generative AI including transformers, LLMs, and diffusion models
- Risk-aware mindset and sound judgment in complex environments
Skills
- Cloud architecture, development, security, and IaC (AWS & Azure)
- High-availability systems
- API gateways
- Agentic systems
- .NET
- Python
- TypeScript
- C#
- LangChain
- Semantic Kernel
- Vector databases
- Graph databases
- SQL
- DevSecOps
- ML/LLM fine-tuning
- Prompt engineering
Work Type
- Flexible
Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Access to CommBank benefits
About the Company
- x15 is a venture-scaler powered by CommBank
- Builds, buys, and invests in startups to benefit 15 million customers
- Operates in the space between corporate and startup environments
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to creating a workplace that supports long-lasting and meaningful careers for everyone
- We encourage applications from underrepresented backgrounds even if every requirement is not met
