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You will join our world class SRE team providing services for Macquarie Banking and Financial Services. The SRE function is a highly visible force multiplier with a growth mindset, going through a period of increased investment, where you can contribute to the delivery of a highly reliable banking solution. Leverage your extensive technical knowledge & people management skills to build, coach and inspire the SRE function at Macquarie Bank (50 engineers across the Globe). 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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Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, your key responsibilities will be to direct a team of Engineering Managers and a mix of Principal and Lead Engineers of different levels of experience. Experience in a similar leadership role, you will have a growth mindset and an impressive software engineering track record across a range of technologies. We utilise the latest cloud technologies with our services deployed in Google Cloud and AWS. 

You will have opportunities to be involved in all aspects of SRE, covering Observability, SLOs, Release Engineering, Resiliency and Capacity Management. Through partnering with engineering teams within Macquarie, you will help your teams develop and drive the adoption of SRE best practices and tooling across the organisation. The role will require close engagement and collaboration with all the engineering community. You will also be involved in projects such as measuring, testing and improving our resilience, our capacity to deal with increasing load, our ability to make changes safely and our observability. 

You will be responsible for driving he continuous improvement of development processes to improve team productivity, guiding the team on aligned architectural and long-term engineering decisions, as well as shorter-term trade-offs. Maintaining high quality standards for yourself and software engineering practices of your team. Lead the engineers within your team as we continue to raise the bar and build a world-class engineering team. Mentor team members to create a highly motivated culture with a focus on engineering excellence. 

What you offer

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• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience building high performing and autonomous teams
• Previous strong experience in software engineering and system design utilising Java, Golang or similar language and Cloud deployments 10+ years
• Excellent understanding of modern software development practices, tools and technologies
• Understands and experienced in all aspects of Reliability
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the business
• Bias to action, getting things done and effecting organisational change
• Ability to handle competing priorities
• Proven track record of delivering large engineering initiatives and outcomes with recent experience within Reliability

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.

Benefits

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Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include: 

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements 
• One wellbeing leave day per year and up to five additional days leave based on length of service
• Up to 20 weeks paid parental leave as well as benefits to support you as you transition to life as a working parent 
• Paid volunteer leave and donation matching 
• Range of benefits to support your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing 
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities

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.