Lead Cloud & Analytics Platform Architect (Hybrid)

Macquarie Group; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Bonus leave

Parental leave

Transition leave

Volunteer leave

Gender affirmation leave

EAP and wellbeing benefits

Salary packaging options

Learning & development reimbursement

Hybrid/flexible work arrangements

WFH equipment reimbursement

Job summary

Macquarie Group is expanding its Engineering Services function in Melbourne, building a cutting‑edge analytics and rapid delivery platform. You’ll combine hands‑on coding with thoughtful system design to power the Commodities and Global Markets platforms and enable the business to scale with agility.

Join a global financial services group that values continuous improvement, collaboration with quantitative analysts and trading desks, and the use of open‑source frameworks and cloud‑native services

Qualifications

• Advanced software‑engineering skills in Python or Java/Scala.
• Hands‑on experience with public‑cloud platforms—ideally AWS—plus Kubernetes and infrastructure‑as‑code tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm or similar).
• A proven track record of designing, building and running production‑grade distributed‑compute or data‑science platforms.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to partner directly with quantitative analysts, traders and other stakeholders.
• A self‑motivated, inquisitive mindset and a methodical, agile approach to problem‑solving.
• Expertise in AI‑driven development (e.g. prompt engineering, Claude, Agentic‑AI frameworks, LLM, MCP tools).
• Solid Linux administration and networking skills, plus Git‑based workflows.
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow, Dask and JupyterHub.
• Experience with modern build systems (especially Bazel) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run scalable distributed compute platforms.
• Collaborate with analysts and traders to translate concepts into production solutions.
• Automate infrastructure using Python/Java/Scala and cloud‑native tools.

Skills

Python/Java/Scala

AWS Kubernetes IaC

Distributed systems

Stakeholder communication

Agile mindset

AI-driven development

Linux administration

Airflow/Dask/Jupyter

Bazel CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Helm

Job description

Macquarie Group is expanding its Engineering Services function in Melbourne, building a cutting‑edge analytics and rapid delivery platform. You’ll combine hands‑on coding with thoughtful system design to power the Commodities and Global Markets platforms and enable the business to scale with agility.

Join a global financial services group that values continuous improvement, collaboration with quantitative analysts and trading desks, and the use of open‑source frameworks and cloud‑native services