Software Engineer, Java Microservices & AI Tools

Macquarie Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Macquarie Group in Sydney is seeking a software engineer to solve complex problems in our BFS tech stack. You will be hands-on building, testing, deploying and maintaining microservices with Java/Spring, and work closely with product and delivery teams to deliver scalable, reliable software.

You will focus on reliability, uptime and security, and explore AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude to improve workflows, incident response and post-mortem analysis.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in designing, building and maintaining microservices using Java/Spring with a focus on scalability, observability and operational resilience.
• Track record for maintaining and improving code quality, rigorous testing practices and robust engineering and security standards
• Expertise in application reliability, uptime management and continuous improvement through incident response and post-mortem analysis.
• Experience with AI-assisted development, automation, or agentic AI integration, including tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude or equivalent
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly with both product and technology stakeholders from across the organisation
• Demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team with success delivering complex engineering initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy and maintain the products owned by your team; hands-on coding to solve technical problems.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product and delivery to address complex technology issues within the team.

Skills

Microservices Java/Spring

Code quality & testing

Reliability & uptime

AI-assisted development

Stakeholder mgmt

Team collaboration

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Job description

Macquarie Group in Sydney is seeking a software engineer to solve complex problems in our BFS tech stack. You will be hands-on building, testing, deploying and maintaining microservices with Java/Spring, and work closely with product and delivery teams to deliver scalable, reliable software.

You will focus on reliability, uptime and security, and explore AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude to improve workflows, incident response and post-mortem analysis.