Join our PropertyIQ team and play a leading role in driving the next evolution of our Strata Application capabilities and Platform Evolution. We are building the PropertyIQ of the future and we are doing it with our clients by our side.
At Macquarie, technology is viewed as an important enabler for our business growth, where we are using a mix of modern cloud-based and home-grown technologies to deliver impactful experiences for our clients that not only allow them to achieve their operational and financial goals, but fundamentally change the way they interact within the strata ecosystem.
We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.
What role will you play?
As an experienced hands-on Senior Java Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping the future architecture and technical direction of our strata operational platform. You will bring deep engineering expertise to solve complex business and technology challenges, driving solutions that balance immediate delivery needs with long-term strategic platform goals.You will provide end-to-end technical leadership across both frontend and backend domains, including Angular applications, Java and Spring Boot services, APIs, integrations and data layers. You will lead solution architecture activities, guide engineering teams through technical trade-offs and help ensure solutions align with the long-term direction of the PropertyIQ platform.
You will often act as a Feature Lead for complex initiatives, owning the technical delivery approach from discovery through design, implementation and production rollout. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product and business stakeholders, mentor engineers and help chart a path from short-term deliveries towards long-term platform evolution.
You will also help shape the engineering culture around AI adoption. We are looking for someone who can champion AI-assisted software engineering, influence ways of working and help teams embed AI-enabled practices into day-to-day delivery to improve quality, productivity and learning.
What you offer
- Strong full-stack engineering experience across Java 17+, Spring Boot and Angular in cloud environments
- Strong understanding of modern front-end architecture, component-driven development, state management, accessibility and user experience considerations
- Strong understanding of how to design performant, resilient, observable and maintainable distributed systems
- Proven experience designing and evolving service-oriented and microservices architectures
- Experience leading solution architecture activities and driving architecture decisions for complex, large-scale systems
- Ability to act as a Feature Lead for complex initiatives, coordinating technical delivery across engineers and stakeholders
- Experience leading technical discovery, solution design, implementation planning and delivery execution
- Ability to write code while also contributing strategic technical leadership
- Experience delivering proof-of-concepts and evaluating emerging technologies and engineering approaches
- Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, performance and operational excellence
- Experience mentoring engineers and uplifting technical capability across teams
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and business outcomes
- Proven experience using and championing AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, Copilot or Gemini CLI
- Ability to help change engineering culture through the adoption of AI-enabled software development practices
- Experience identifying opportunities to improve developer productivity, software quality and delivery efficiency through AI-assisted engineering
- Passion for improving developer experience and engineering productivity
- Knowledge of open-source libraries, tools and frameworks
- A structured approach to problem solving and an ability to critically assess multiple data points to identify root causes and design effective solutions
- Applied understanding of technology obsolescence, regulatory compliance, security and privacy requirements
Nice to have
- AWS architecture and operational experience
- Experience with Kafka, event-driven architectures and distributed workflows
- Experience driving platform modernization initiatives
- Exposure to platform engineering and internal developer platforms
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
At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include:- 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
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