We are seeking a Distinguished Engineer/Technical Lead to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Business Banking platforms. As part of this journey, we are embracing modern tooling such as Cursor enabling our engineers to work smarter, faster and creatively with AI powered development workflows.

• Work on technology that directly impacts Australian Businesses and broader economy.
• Be the forefront of digital transformation in Business Banking.
• Collaborate with senior leader’s and top-tier engineering talent.
  
  

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else. Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand.

In this Distinguished Engineer role, you will join the Technology and Business Lending team that’s doubling down on customer obsession.

Each Day, You’ll Go Above And Beyond To

• Define and champion engineering standards, architectural patterns, and design principles across the business lending domain, ensuring consistency, security, and scalability.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex, high-criticality systems — from core banking platforms to customer-facing products — making principled decisions on technology choices, trade-offs, and long-term maintainability.
• Remain an active, hands-on engineer: contributing to codebases, performing code reviews, and prototyping solutions to demonstrate best practice and validate architectural decisions.
• Provide technical guidance on modern software engineering practices including domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, API design, microservices, and cloud-native development.
• Identify systemic weaknesses in the domain— in testing practices, CI/CD pipelines, security posture, technical debt, or resiliency — and develop strategic plans to address them.
• Partner with the Domain Architect, technology leaders and product executives to shape the multi-year technology strategy, contributing deep engineering expertise to investment decisions and capability roadmaps.
• Uplift engineering maturity of the engineers within the domain through coaching and learning events (eg hackathons, tiger teams etc).
  
  

We’re looking for the best and brightest to deliver the best for our customers. You’ll need:

• Prior experience in Technical Leadership roles, spanning across multiple teams
• Extensive experience in application development roles
• Technical Domain expertise
• Expert software engineering
• Experience in solution design and architectural strategy
  
  

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That’s why we have built a culture of equity and respect - where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues’ unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated. We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way.

For details on the recruitment process, and accessibility, or alternate methods to apply for this role, please visit https://www.nab.com.au/about-us/careers/apply-for-job. To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact the NAB Careers team via nab.careers@nab.com.au (please reference job number) or visit our Careers page through the link above for other contact options.

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If you think this role is the right fit for you, we would love to hear from you. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert. Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.