Lead Engineer – Trade Management
Active / Open Until Filled
Apply NowLead Engineer – Trade Management
Active / Open Until Filled
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Date posted
September 17, 2026
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Closing date
Not Disclosed (Open Until Filled)
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Location
Sydney
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Salary
$123,500 - $208,000 /year
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Career level
Senior Level
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Experience
4 – 7 Years
Description
Macquarie Group is currently accepting applications for the role of Lead Engineer – Trade Management, based out of their corporate offices in Sydney, Australia. This appointment offers an exceptional opportunity to join a globally recognized financial organization that combines entrepreneurial empowerment, disciplined risk governance, and a merit-based career trajectory.
Banking and Financial Services delivers personal banking, wealth management, and business financial products, leveraging digital innovation to provide superior client experiences. In this role, the successful candidate will work alongside seasoned industry professionals to optimize mission-critical processes, manage risk effectively, and deliver commercially impactful solutions across key markets.
Opportunity Overview & Quick Facts
Key Responsibilities & Operational Scope
- Guide the technical execution and delivery of projects and strategic initiatives across the Wealth Platform.
- Execute and drive own delivery outcomes end-to-end, from architecture and design decisions through to production deployment and operational reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to product managers and business analysts, you will shape priorities, manage dependencies and risks, and ensure the delivery of scalable, high-performing and maintainable solutions.
- Lead and steer technical design decisions and remain hands-on with coding for critical platform components and proof of concepts, while driving engineering excellence across the team.
- Execute and drive take ownership of platform reliability, including key risk indicators (KRIs), service level objectives (SLOs), incident management and root cause analysis.
- Mentor engineers through coaching, regular feedback and knowledge sharing, helping develop capability across the team.
- Additionally act as a trusted technical voice with stakeholders and participate in the team's on-call rotation as a senior escalation point.
Candidate Profile & Required Qualifications
- Experience designing, building and delivering Java-based cloud applications, with deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot and relational databases.
- Hands-on experience building cloud-native solutions and distributed systems using modern engineering practices.
- Experience using AI-assisted and agentic development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI or similar.
- Understanding of microservices and service-oriented architectures, with the ability to design scalable and resilient solutions.
- Ability to deliver high-performing, maintainable and well-architected systems in complex environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across engineering, product and business teams.
- A proactive and collaborative mindset, with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
- Experience mentoring and developing engineers through coaching, feedback and knowledge sharing.
- Knowledge of modern engineering technologies and practices, including cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP), containers, APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, event streaming, TDD, Continuous Delivery and Site Reliability Engineering.
- Understanding of security, privacy, regulatory requirements and technology lifecycle management, with experience in Banking and Financial Services being highly regarded.
What Macquarie Offers
- Market-Leading Rewards: Competitive base remuneration supplemented by performance-linked incentive programs.
- Flexible Work Frameworks: Modern hybrid working arrangements supporting professional productivity and personal balance.
- Professional Development: Clear internal mobility pathways, technical skill enhancement, and professional accreditation support.
- Comprehensive Wellbeing: Access to employee assistance programs, holistic healthcare coverage, and dedicated wellbeing initiatives.
- Global Network & Impact: Collaborative engagement with cross-border teams across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions.
Core Competencies & Key Technical Focus
Apply Directly on Macquarie Careers Portal
This position is actively accepting candidate submissions. Access the official Macquarie Group recruitment platform to review comprehensive operational criteria and lodge your formal application.
