Lead Java Engineer — Platform & AI-Driven Cloud Leader

Macquarie Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Parental leave

Volunteer leave

Flexible working

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking a hands-on Lead Java Engineer to drive the PropertyIQ platform evolution. You will lead medium-to-large initiatives, set engineering standards, and be the go-to person for resolving complex technical challenges across Angular applications, Java and Spring Boot services, APIs, integrations, event-driven workflows, and supporting data layers.

You will translate business goals into clear technical outcomes, lead technical discovery, manage dependencies, and champion

Qualifications

• Deep full-stack engineering experience across Java 17+, Spring Boot, Angular and cloud-native platforms.
• Proven experience setting technical direction and making architecture decisions across frontend, backend, APIs, integrations and data platforms.
• Strong understanding of designing scalable, resilient, observable, secure and maintainable distributed systems.
• Experience leading the technical delivery of medium-to-large initiatives from discovery and design through production rollout and ongoing support.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven architectures and API design.
• Ability to remain hands-on with code while leading engineers and driving engineering excellence across a team.
• Experience establishing engineering standards across architecture, code quality, testing, CI/CD and production readiness.
• Strong understanding of platform health, operational excellence, incident management and reliability engineering.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, unblock complex technical challenges and uplift team capability.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business outcomes.
• Proven experience using and championing AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, Copilot or Gemini CLI to improve quality and delivery outcomes.
• Applied understanding of security, privacy, technology obsolescence, regulatory compliance and operational risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PropertyIQ engineering team and set high standards for quality.
• Own technical direction of Angular, Java, Spring Boot, APIs and data layers.
• Translate business goals into technical outcomes and manage risks across initiatives.
• Mentor engineers, unblock complex challenges and foster knowledge sharing.
• Drive platform health, incident response and operational readiness.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

Cloud-native platforms

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

AI-assisted engineering

Security & compliance

Tools

AWS

Kafka

CI/CD

Claude Code

Copilot

Gemini CLI

Job description

Macquarie Group is seeking a hands-on Lead Java Engineer to drive the PropertyIQ platform evolution. You will lead medium-to-large initiatives, set engineering standards, and be the go-to person for resolving complex technical challenges across Angular applications, Java and Spring Boot services, APIs, integrations, event-driven workflows, and supporting data layers.

You will translate business goals into clear technical outcomes, lead technical discovery, manage dependencies, and champion