At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative banking tech projects and solve complex engineering challenges.
- Company: Join Macquarie, a global leader in financial services with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work, wellbeing leave, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of an inclusive team that values diverse perspectives.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in digital banking while mastering your craft.
- Qualifications: Strong technical background, leadership skills, and experience in scalable web applications.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
Join our leading Banking and Financial Services (BFS) team as a staff engineer, where digital banking and software engineering are at the absolute core of what we do. In this pivotal role, you will act as a deep technical expert who drives the technical vision and strategy for multiple systems or a specific domain. You will be critical in solving complex, cross-team technical challenges and significantly elevating our overall engineering capability.
Operating within an autonomous environment where you are empowered to “do it right”, you will leverage your extensive technical knowledge and pragmatic approach to software design and architecture to delight our clients through our world-class technology platforms, while continuously learning and becoming a master of your craft.
As a strong staff engineer you will help tackle some of the most challenging problems in the bank. Our team operates a flat organisational structure; this role is a blend of principal engineer, technical architect, and people manager. You will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of the products and platforms owned by your teams. In addition to technology ownership, you will play a key role in hiring and fostering the technical growth of the engineers on their teams.
Drawing on deep and broad technical expertise, you will be hands-on in the code, solving technical problems, mentoring junior engineers, and providing leadership on complex technology issues across the company, while also spending your time building outstanding software by both directly coding and offering close technical direction and management to your teams.
What you offer:
- Strong technical background (preferably in Java) and computer science education or equivalent experience
- Proven success leading complex engineering initiatives and working collaboratively in teams
- Experience building scalable, maintainable, and performant web applications in an Agile product environment
- Ability to communicate clearly across all levels of the organisation
- Strong experience with hands-on coding, system design, and code review across diverse services and platforms
- Skilled at analyzing, simplifying, and optimizing complex processes; adept at researching and implementing emerging technologies
- Experienced in leadership and mentorship, with the ability to foster high-performing and psychologically safe engineering teams
- Strong competence in maintaining code quality, rigorous testing practices, and robust security standards
- Previous experience collaborating with product managers to align engineering initiatives with strategic business objectives
- Expertise in application reliability, uptime management, and continuous improvement through incident response and post-mortem analysis
We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us; if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.
What we offer:
- 1 wellbeing leave day per year
- Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
- Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
- 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
- Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
- Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
- Access to a wide range of salary packaging options
- Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
- Reimbursement for work from home equipment
About Banking and Financial Services:
Banking and Financial Services is our technology-driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential - whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth.
Inclusion at Macquarie:
We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other characteristic or circumstance.
We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.
Staff Engineer: Platform Architect & Tech Leader in Sydney employer: Macquarie Bank Limited
At Macquarie, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation within our Technology team. With a strong commitment to employee wellbeing, we provide generous benefits such as wellbeing leave, paid parental leave, and extensive learning opportunities, all while empowering you to shape a fulfilling career in a global financial services environment. Join us in making a meaningful impact as we drive technology solutions that support business outcomes across 30 markets.
