Senior Quantitative Engineer

See yourself in our team

At the Institutional Banking and Markets (IB&M) division of Commonwealth Bank, we embed quantitative analytics within highly critical platforms. Our team, QDAT (Quants, Data, Analytics and Technology), is dedicated to powering, transforming, and growing IB&M by leveraging data, mathematics, insights, and technology to deliver exceptional results for our clients and the wider Group.

In this role

As a Senior Quantitative Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in automating our business end-to-end using a Python-based state-of-the-art financial platform and a streamlined continuous integration/deployment pipeline. You will provide valuable insights to our customers, team, and stakeholders, and contribute to building a robust and automated business on top of our industry-leading financial tech stack.

Other responsibilities also include:

• Collaborating with a nimble team of high-performing engineers to build creative solutions that deliver impactful outcomes for our customers' most complex financial operational and business problems.

• Coaching and guiding junior team members to further develop their skillset

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

• Enabling our business to scale through your software engineering skills

• Committing to automating and managing all risks (financial/operational) to ensure business endurance

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

• Take pride in your problem-solving abilities whilst collaborating with stakeholders on solutions.

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 and quantitative methods, with a sound understanding of financial markets and/or corporate & institutional lending products

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

• Have a commercial focus to maximise profitable growth and customer satisfaction outcomes

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

• Positive ‘Can-do’ attitude with a continuous drive to learn new skills

• The courage to be bold and the ability to think outside the box to develop innovative solutions

• An understanding of Agile/Pace ways of working, which includes being adaptable, collaborative, and responsive to change

• Efficiently managing multiple tasks and projects to meet deadlines

• Constantly staying up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and being flexible to adapt to new challenges

• Ensuring accuracy and precision in data analysis and model development

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 offer various flexible working options, including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements, and job share opportunities. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.

If this sounds like you, please apply now!

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