Senior Associate - AI Native Platform Engineer

Macquarie Group; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Maternity/Parental leave

Childcare services

Volunteer leave

Medical and life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Learning and development reimbursement

Hybrid work model

WFH equipment reimbursement

Job summary

Macquarie Group is hiring for an SRE in the Data, AI team under Developer Productivity. You will help keep reliability across platforms like MAX and AI SDLC, building observability, automation, and runbooks while supporting engineering teams.

You will work on incident response, monitoring, and platform health, using agentic tools to accelerate investigations and ensure ownership of outputs.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of Linux experience and interest in distributed systems
• Basic knowledge of observability (metrics, logs, alerts) and system health
• Proficiency in Python or shell scripting with a focus on automation
• Familiarity with CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and GitOps or strong motivation to develop these skills
• Experience or interest in agentic engineering tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) with disciplined validation and ownership

Responsibilities

• Help keep developer productivity platforms healthy, observable, and well-supported
• Develop runbooks and automation to reduce manual toil
• Contribute to incident response, monitoring, and platform reliability

Skills

Linux fundamentals

Distributed systems

Observability

Python

Shell scripting

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

GitOps

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Tools

Kubernetes

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Actions

Job description

The SRE, Data, AI team, part of Developer Productivity under Application Security Engineering, is responsible for the reliability of platforms that engineering teams rely on to build and deliver software. We ensure platforms like MAX and AI SDLC are stable, observable, and well-understood, operating with an AI-native approach that prioritizes using the right tools, especially AI, to accelerate every investigation, change, and runbook

We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

What role will you play?

In this role, you will help keep developer productivity platforms healthy, observable, and well-supported by contributing to monitoring, runbooks, incident response, and automation that reduces manual toil. You will develop an understanding of platform ownership by defining and recognizing healthy system states and surfacing issues quickly. Using agentic engineering tools like Claude Code, you will augment investigations and scripting while building the discipline to validate and take ownership of all outputs.

What You Offer

• 2 - 4 years of foundational experience of Linux, with strong interest in distributed systems and Kubernetes at scale
• Basic knowledge of observability (metrics, logs, alerts) and how they reflect system health
• Proficiency in Python or shell scripting, with a focus on building automation to reduce manual work
• Familiarity with CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and GitOps, or strong motivation to quickly develop these skills
• Experience or strong interest in agentic engineering tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot), applied with disciplined validation and ownership

What We Offer

Benefits

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year
• 26 weeks’ paid maternity leave or 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Company-subsidised childcare services
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Benefits to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including comprehensive medical and life insurance cover, the option to join parental medical insurance plan and virtual medical consultations extended to family members
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Technology

Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions.

Inclusion at Macquarie

We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other characteristic or circumstance. We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.