Full Stack AI and Automation Engineer

Macquarie Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave day

Service bonus leave days

Parental leave (up to 20 weeks for/12+

Transition leave

Volunteer leave

Gender affirmation leave

Employee Assistance Program

Salary packaging options

Learning & development opportunities

Hybrid working arrangements

Work from home equipment reimbursement

Job summary

Macquarie Group in Sydney, Australia seeks a skilled engineer to translate cyber security expertise into AI-powered workflows that enhance end-to-end delivery and operational capability. You will design, build and embed practical AI solutions, configure AI agents, and mentor teams while upholding governance, risk, and security standards to drive business impact.

The role combines hands-on development with collaboration across cyber security and technology teams in a hybrid work environment.

Job description

Our team transforms cyber security expertise into AI-powered workflows that help teams work more effectively and consistently. We partner closely with cyber security teams to design, build and embed practical AI solutions that deliver lasting operational capability.

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?

In this role you will work directly with cyber security teams to understand how work is performed, redesign processes for an AI-first approach and build AI-powered workflows that support end-to-end delivery. You will configure and integrate AI agents, help teams adopt new ways of working, and mentor others while setting high standards for workflow design, implementation and governance.

What you offer

• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI-driven workflow automation solutions, including AI agents, skills, instruction frameworks, orchestration layers, tool integration and production-ready end-to-end implementations.
• Strong experience designing and engineering agent-based AI solutions, including single-agent and multi-agent architectures, large language model integration, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluation frameworks, observability and performance optimisation.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise platforms through APIs, web services and event-driven architectures, including authentication, authorisation, rate limiting, workflow orchestration and system interoperability.
• Experience analysing, modelling and documenting complex technical and operational workflows, translating implicit decision-making, business rules, control requirements and escalation paths into automated AI-enabled processes.
• Proficiency in modern web frameworks and API servers (e.g., Flask, FastAPI)
• Experience integrating and deploying LLM-based solutions for domain-specific tasks
• Strong understanding of cyber security domains including security operations, security monitoring, incident response, identity and access management (IAM), vulnerability management, and data security, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AI governance, responsible AI practices, and model risk management, with the capability to engage and influence senior cyber security stakeholders on strategic, technical, and operational initiatives

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 Technology

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.

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.