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Principal Engineer

Primary office location
Sydney
Date
04-Apr-2025
Permanent - Full time, Senior
Job category
BFS - Principal Engineer
Join our Engineering Enablers Technology team where you will leverage your extensive technical knowledge and pragmatic approach to software design and architecture to build and inspire the engineering function at Macquarie Bank. As a Digital Bank, software engineering is at the core of what we do. Our engineers operate in an autonomous environment where they are empowered to “do it right” and continuously learn, becoming masters in their craft. 
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 34 markets and with 55 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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As a Principal Engineer, you will drive the team's technical roadmap in alignment with organisational strategy and setting technical aspirations. You will architect and oversee scalable, resilient, and secure systems while championing engineering best practices and coding standards. You will mentor engineers to foster growth and technical excellence, exemplified through code reviews. Advocate for system and process improvements and leverage new technologies, especially in AI.

You will collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions and influence decisions. Ensure system reliability, security, and compliance with regulations, managing incidents and promoting continuous improvement.

What you offer

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  • Experience as an engineering tech leader with a deep understanding of building highly scalable, secure, and resilient systems within a fast-paced environment
  • Strong engineering capability, deep understanding of software design, architecture and modern software development practices
  • Proven track record of designing, building, and operating complex, high-performance systems at scale, ideally within a fast-paced organisation, ability to anticipate extensibility and scale into solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence
  • Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions while understanding and anticipating extensibility into solutions.

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.

About Technology

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Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team by clicking here.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.

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