Lead Engineer

Macquarie Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Parental leave (up to 20 weeks)

Volunteer leave and matching

Gender affirmation leave

Employee Assistance Program

Learning & development reimbursement

Hybrid and flexible working

Work from home equipment

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape the architecture of our Open Payments Platform in Melbourne. You will steer critical design decisions, mentor engineers, and drive reliability and scalability in a real-time payments environment.

In this role you will contribute to the architectural vision, collaborate with a talented team, and ensure secure, high-performance payment orchestration across multiple channels.

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing and delivering large-scale, high-performance payment systems.
• Hands-on in Java/Spring Boot with cloud technologies (GCP) and NoSQL databases.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven design, and secure payment workflows.
• Experience leading architecture decisions and delivering reliable, scalable platforms.
• Excellent communication and ability to mentor engineers and collaborate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural decisions for the Open Payments Platform integration.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineer to drive reliability and operational excellence.
• Guide engineers in design and implementation of scalable payment orchestration.
• Ensure platform security and performance across multiple channels.
• Mentor and develop the team to raise engineering mastery.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Google Cloud

NoSQL

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

Payment security

Architecture leadership

Team mentoring

Clear communication

Job description

Join our Payments Platform as a Lead Engineer and play a key role in contributing to the architecture and engineering for our Open Payments Platform. We're continuing to build a modern real-time Payments platform that is highly reliable, scalable, and based around no-ops technology. As a Payments Platform within 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.

What role will you play?

We are seeking a Lead Engineer to contribute to the architecture and engineering efforts for our Open Payments Platform (OPP). This is a great opportunity for a seasoned engineer ready to take on their next challenge and to help build out our Payments future state.

In this important role, you will contribute to the architectural vision and design of the Open Payments Platform, ensuring alignment with the evolving needs of our business. Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you will lead critical decisions and support a team of engineers towards improving reliability and operational excellence on the Platform.

Your hands‑on approach will be instrumental in contributing to the best practice design of our Payment Platforms, ensuring the platform is highly performant, reliable, and built to scale. You will help cultivate a culture of learning and mastery within the engineering team, guiding and mentoring engineers on best practice design and implementation.

What You Offer

• A proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale, high-performance Payment systems that are both robust and scalable.
• In-depth and expert level , hands‑on experience working with Java and Spring boot (we are on the latest versions) with experience working with cloud technologies (Google Cloud). Hands on experience with NoSQL DB’s.
• Deep knowledge of micro services and event based architecture, design, and integration patterns.
• Solid understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable and performant payment orchestration across multiple channels.
• Strong understanding of security best practices for financial transactions and payments.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team with proven success at running complex engineering initiatives.
• Ability to drive key architecture and design decisions across a Platform.
• Ability to communicate clearly with all levels of the organisation.

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

Benefits

• 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

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

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.