Java Engineer

Macquarie Bank Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave day

Service bonus leave

Paid parental leave

Volunteer leave

Employee Assistance Program

Salary packaging options

Learning and development opportunities

Hybrid working arrangements

Reimbursement for equipment

Job summary

A global financial services institution is seeking a Java Developer in Sydney. In this role, you'll build and maintain services for the Entitlements Platform, utilizing your Java expertise and cloud services experience. You'll work in an autonomous environment, supporting production systems and continuously learning. The organization promotes diversity and offers extensive benefits, including wellbeing leave, parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong expertise in Java 21+ with performance-oriented coding.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Entitlements Platform services and environments.
• Automate testing and improve environment robustness.
• Support production environments and improve service reliability.

Skills

Java 21+

Spring Boot for microservices

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Cassandra

CI/CD pipelines

Incident analysis and service reliability

Continuous learning of emerging technologies

Job description

Join a team of high performing engineers in Customer Entitlements where we are building a revolutionary platform leveraging cutting‑edge technologies like DSE Graph and Apache Cassandra, that will provision, determine and maintain the account access and permission of Banking and Financial Services customers in near real‑time. We are building a strategic platform to support all business channels with an obsession to create iconic, omni‑channel and secure customer access experiences across Banking and Financial Services.

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 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 a Java Developer with around 4+ years of experience, you will build and maintain Entitlements Platform services and environments using industry best practices. This includes learning about the business, building and maintaining high quality software in a DevOps manner, and helping automate its testing and environment robustness.

What you offer

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• Hands‑on and proven expertise with Java 21+, including deep knowledge of modern language features and performance‑oriented coding practices.
• Strong experience in designing and implementing microservices using Spring Boot, with a focus on scalability, observability, and cloud readiness.
• Practical experience working on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including deploying, monitoring, and optimising distributed applications.
• Proficiency in Cassandra, SQL, and Gremlin, with the ability to model, query, and tune data stores for high‑throughput, low‑latency systems.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and environment configuration management, ensuring robust, reliable, and repeatable delivery workflows.
• Experience supporting production environments, including incident analysis, service reliability, monitoring, alerting, and improving system resilience.
• A strong willingness to learn and continuously explore emerging technologies, tools, and platform innovations.

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

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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

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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.

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.