Lead Engineer - API, Event-Driven & Platform Transformation

Macquarie Group; New South Wales; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Bonus leave

Parental leave

Transition leave

Volunteer leave

Gender affirmation leave

Employee Assistance Program

Salary packaging

Learning reimbursement

Hybrid work

Job summary

Macquarie Group in Australia is seeking a Lead Engineer to design and deliver API-first services and event-driven architectures at scale. You will contribute to high-quality products, focus on security and robustness, and drive architectural evolution across the platform.

You will collaborate with business units to transform processes through automation and Agentic AI, mentor teams, advance CI/CD practices, TDD, pair programming, and ensure a world-class user experience across the technology

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Java and Node.js
• Hands-on with Docker, AWS and Kubernetes
• Experience building API-first services and event-driven systems
• Focus on scalability, security and resilient design
• Experience with CI/CD and XP practices (TDD, pair programming)

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of API-first services
• Drive scale, security and robustness of platforms
• Uplift development with CI/CD and XP practices
• Collaborate with business to transform processes via automation and Agentic AI

Skills

Java

Node.js

API design

XP practices

CI/CD

TDD

Pair programming

Code refactoring

Engineering leadership

Tools

Docker

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Macquarie Group in Australia is seeking a Lead Engineer to design and deliver API-first services and event-driven architectures at scale. You will contribute to high-quality products, focus on security and robustness, and drive architectural evolution across the platform.

You will collaborate with business units to transform processes through automation and Agentic AI, mentor teams, advance CI/CD practices, TDD, pair programming, and ensure a world-class user experience across the technology