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Head of Technology, Home-In, x15ventures
Commonwealth Bank
placeSydney CBD Area
Posted on Commonwealth Bank website on 10 Apr 2025 (9 days ago)
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Let’s introduce ourselves  

Home-in offers market-leading conveyancing, supporting our customers through what is typically the largest financial transaction of their lives. With contracts reviewed in six business hours and a dedicated buying assistant who responds to queries in one business hour—Home-in is built to ensure a less stressful, more secure, and simpler home buying experience. 

We offer value to our partner home loan providers and conveyancing partners, bringing together the key parties required to deliver a great buying experience for our buyers. 

What’s more, Home-in is proudly part of x15ventures! 

Join a growing team and system scale-up from 1000s of active users to millions of active users around the world. We are doubling every quarter! 

This team needs engineers at every level. We are seeking learners and leaders who enjoy a spirit of co-creation and pairing on complex technical problems. 

Be part of a product lead engineering culture driven by a grassroots agile process, owned by your team. 

Where do you fit in? 

Accountability for the venture’s technology, driving strategic development of all practices and providing technical leadership and vision across the platform.  

Your passion for technology and dedication to building innovative customer-facing products will enable Home-in to build a successful and scaled digital business.   

You will be adept at enabling a business to grow and change quickly while still maintaining a strong foundation of quality, stability and security. 

Role Overview 

Key Responsibilities include: 

  • Ensure Home-in has well-defined and fit-for-purpose technology strategy and systems architecture  

  • Set and drive the agenda for key strategic initiatives  

  • Architect and evolve the core tech stack for mobile and web apps – optimizing for developer experience, innovation and security while ensuring alignment with product vision and roadmap  

  • Architect and evolve business systems for customer management/interactions, process management, marketing automation/data analysis and financial management – optimising for user efficacy, business automation and security  

  • Lead software delivery and systems automation  

  • Build and coach a capable and effective technology team, using a blend of internal engineers, remote engineers, and system specialists/partners; in doing so support, advise and guide the wider Home-in team on critical technology related decisions and action  

  • Maintain a modern development process that supports efficient development and testing, with inbuilt quality and security checks for shipping to production  

  • Collaborate with product and design leaders to shape and execute the product roadmap  

  • Collaborate with Product and Operations leaders to streamline business processes and increase automation across all areas of customer service delivery  

  • Provide thought leadership to the team and meaningful ways to solve problems  

  • Develop and evolve effective instrumentation of user experience and systems performance  

  • Implement and evolve monitoring and alerting systems; an effective response capability; and appropriate DR and BCP capabilities  

  • Establish and evolve patterns for ‘security-by-design’ in development and production environments; and oversee Home-in SecOps capability  

  • Understand and align to the CBA Group’s/X15’s security requirements, and gain support for appropriate changes or allowances that enable better solutions achieving risk outcomes  

  • Effectively engage with technology partners and managed service providers  

  • Build CBA’s profile as a software engineering employer of choice.  

Experience 

The ideal candidate will bring the following qualifications and expertise: 

  • Proven experience as a CTO, VP of Engineering, or similar leadership role in a fast-paced environment. 

  • Full stack technology experience including React, Nextjs, Typescript, JavaScript, Node 

  • Experience in mobile applications and deployments  

  • Experience in cloud technology including AWS or Azure  

  • Someone who believes in product engineering and making a big impact  

  • Proven expertise in architecture and system design  

  • Proven leadership in people management plus optimising existing processes  

  • Track record of successfully leading engineering teams and delivering complex projects. 

  • Experience in scaling technology for high-growth businesses. 

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a strategic mindset. 

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. 

  • Project administration and managing high performing teams 

Desired Skills 

Research shows that people from underrepresented backgrounds sometimes hesitate to apply for roles if they don't meet every requirement.

If this is you, don’t worry - we still encourage you to apply. We are committed to creating a workplace that supports long-lasting and meaningful careers for everyone, and your unique skills and perspective might be just what we’re looking for! 

Why Join Us? 

  • Enjoy a flexible and dynamic startup environment 

  • We nurture a safe space for our people to show up as they are! 

  • Competitive salary and bonus structure 

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development 

  • Access to the best in class benefits that CommBank offers. 

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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