Senior Data Scientist - ML,AI

• You are determined to stay ahead of the latest technologies in Data Science!
• We're one of the largest and most advanced Data Science practices in the country
• Together we can build state-of-the-art Data Science models that power seamless experiences for millions of customers.

Do work that matters

As the Senior Data Scientist working within the CDAO team, you will use your technical knowledge and understanding of business domain to define, own, drive and deliver highly complex data science projects independently. You will be involved in and drive multiple initiatives in parallel.

You will work closely with key stakeholders, and cross-functional teams within the CDAO and the Group Audit & Assurance (GA&A) Data Science teams and the wider business stakeholders to ensure best customer and business outcomes, while solving real-time business problems.

As a community, our data scientists have diverse backgrounds and industry experience, with state-of-the-art machine learning research and development expertise, and in-depth knowledge of structured and unstructured data in the Bank.

We are open-minded, curious and passionate about problem solving and data driven innovation at scale. In CBA we collaborate with universities and start-ups, hold regular knowledge sharing, technical training and external talks which aid in growing the data science community and industry reputation.

To us, data is everything. It is what powers our cutting-edge features and it’s the reason we can provide seamless experiences for millions of customers from app to branch.

See yourself in our team

Group Audit & Assurance (GA&A) provides independent, objective, and commercial risk focused assurance to the Board Audit Committee (BAC) to assist the Group in securing and enhancing the financial wellbeing of its stakeholders.

GA&A consists of over 230 professional audit team members, who conduct internal audit and advisory reviews group wide. The team works closely with senior management and teams across the business, including Line 1 and Line 2 risk management, and external auditors. GA&A provides feedback to management on improving their control environment, as well as sharing learnings, including commercial insights and improvement opportunities.

GA&A has an ambitious transformation agenda and aspires to be the global leader of the audit profession. In 2023, GA&A was recognized as an ABA 200 Winner of the Australian Business Award for Business Innovation and Risk Management.

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your 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. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.

We are seeking people who are:

• Passionate about building and deploying machine learning and AI models that utilise state of the art data science and scoring techniques.
• Excited about tackling new challenging business problems in Data Science and AI.
• Adept with using a combination of commercial and technical Data Science, AI and ML models to find unique solutions that add strategic value to the business.
• Collaborative in nature to work with product teams, curious enough to solve data problems and courageous in positively influencing senior stakeholders.
• Natural leaders that enjoy a collaborative environment and want to help foster a positive and inclusive culture that promotes community learning, individual development and growth.
• Constantly think outside the box and break boundaries to solve complex data science problems.

We are also interested in hearing from people who:

• Can build, develop and deploy ML and AI solutions to drive business decisions and outcomes
• Are adept with leading data science and AI projects independently, owning the end-to-end process from data collection to model deployment.
• Can apply Gen AI, NLP, Computer Vison, Deep Learning, advanced statistical and ML predictive modelling techniques to develop and implement scalable AI solutions, ensuring accuracy and reliability of models.
• Can lead cross-functional teams in the design and execution of AI and data science projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Are experienced in working with large and complex data within a corporate environment and automating processes.
• Have a natural talent to communicate and positively influence a diverse and large group of stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

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 to any ML systems and statistical modelling will set you up for success in this role!

• Solid foundational experience leading projects within Data Science, ML models and AI within a financial services organization or an equivalent large scale environment.
• Strong hands-on coding and ability to write modular and optimized code using Python, R, Spark, Hive, SQL.
• Experience in developing, building and deploying advanced statistical and ML predictive models to implement scalable AI solutions, including LLM (Large Language Models) and Generative AI (e.g., Open-source models & GTP’s, RAG, Guardrails for fairness, privacy).
• Innate ability to identify, analyse and prioritise opportunities for AI solutions to achieve the greatest impact.
• Curious and innovative mindset blended with pragmatic thinking.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering Or Master’s degree Or Ph.D. in Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics.

Working with us:

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you. At CommBank, we advocate and facilitate a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating all cultures, abilities, genders, expressions of gender and sexual orientation. Read more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity on our website.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. We are working hard to recruit people who represent the diversity of our customers and our society. If you're excited about this opportunity but you don't meet every single requirement, or your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still want to encourage you to send in your application. You may just be the perfect candidate for this opportunity or another within CommBank.

At CommBank we will inspire you with work that makes a difference, surround you with talented people that respect and value each other, and empower you to grow professionally and personally. Most of all, making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

We’re determined to make a real difference for Australia’s first peoples. We encourage all interested applicants to apply. If you’re already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including BankWest), 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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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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