Senior Java Engineer – Trade Validation Platform

Macquarie Group; Council of the City of Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave day

Parental leave (up to 20 weeks)

Volunteer leave & donation matching

Hybrid & flexible working arrangements

Equipment for remote work

Job summary

Macquarie is seeking an experienced engineering leader to shape architecture and delivery for a large-scale post-trade platform. You will write production code, review pull requests, and mentor engineers while driving consistent engineering standards across the team.

You will balance hands-on development with team leadership, guide high-quality technical decisions, and manage delivery risk with autonomy. Strong Java/JVM expertise and cloud-native experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience with Java/JVM
• Strong coding capability in Java/JavaScript with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Cloud-native engineering experience, preferably AWS, with Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD
• Experience with data/messaging tech like PostgreSQL, Redis, MSSQL, Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS, RESTful APIs
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop engineering teams with strong ownership culture
• Strong architectural judgement and risk management in ambiguous environments
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, AWS Bedrock) is a plus
• Stakeholder management aligning technical direction to business priorities
• Experience in financial markets/post-trade processing is advantageous

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture, delivery and technical direction of a large-scale financial platform
• Review PRs, design microservices, mentor engineers, uplift code quality
• Lead and balance technical contribution with team leadership
• Turn complexity into clarity and empower engineers to own delivery decisions

Skills

Java/JVM

Spring Boot 3.x

Cloud AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

APIs/REST

Distributed systems

Leadership

AI integration

Tools

CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Macquarie is seeking an experienced engineering leader to shape architecture and delivery for a large-scale post-trade platform. You will write production code, review pull requests, and mentor engineers while driving consistent engineering standards across the team.

You will balance hands-on development with team leadership, guide high-quality technical decisions, and manage delivery risk with autonomy. Strong Java/JVM expertise and cloud-native experience are essential.