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Principal Software Engineer

Primary office location
Sydney
Date
10-Jun-2025
Agency worker,
Job category
BFS - Principal Engineer
Join our digital engineering team and help solve interesting problems for our colleagues and customers. We're on a mission to be Australia's #1 digital bank and our team's platforms interact with our customers daily, so there's huge opportunity to innovate and solve problems with the latest cloud technologies.
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 31 markets and with 56 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 an exceptional principal engineer, you will help us tackle some of the most challenging problems in the group. You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to get hands on in the code to help solve technical problems, mentor more junior engineers and provide leadership on complex technology issues across the company.

You'll be building great software by directing and managing the engineers who work for you both with hands-on coding and technical direction.

What you offer

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  • Strong technical background (preferably Java based)
  • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team with proven success at running complex engineering initiatives
  • Product company experience with an understanding of how to build great products in an Agile environment
  • Solid understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable and performant web applications
  • Computer science education or equivalent experience
  • Ability to communicate clearly with all levels of the organisation
  • Any exposure to engineering content management or notifications related products is advantageous.
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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