Senior PHP Engineer - Cloud & Microservices Lead

Macquarie Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to help drive the Strata Application platform evolution. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead architectural decisions while delivering cloud-based PHP applications.

A growth mindset and hands-on mentoring will be valued as you help shape the future of the strata ecosystem. You will work on scalable systems, leverage AWS, and implement modern microservices patterns to improve reliability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

• Experience building PHP-based applications for the cloud.
• Ability to design scalable, maintainable systems and architectures.
• Experience leading and mentoring junior team members.

Skills

PHP cloud apps

Microservices

AWS

Observability

Security basics

Open-source libraries

Mentoring

Tools

Claude Code

Copilot

Gemini CLI

Job description

Macquarie Group is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to help drive the Strata Application platform evolution. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead architectural decisions while delivering cloud-based PHP applications.

A growth mindset and hands-on mentoring will be valued as you help shape the future of the strata ecosystem. You will work on scalable systems, leverage AWS, and implement modern microservices patterns to improve reliability, performance, and security.