Site Reliability Engineer – Liquidity Platform
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Apply NowSite Reliability Engineer – Liquidity Platform
Active / Open Until Filled
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Date posted
August 21, 2026
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Closing date
Not Disclosed (Open Until Filled)
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Location
Sydney
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Salary
$95,000 - $160,000 /year
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Career level
Mid Level
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Experience
2 – 4 Years
Description
Macquarie Group is currently accepting applications for the role of Site Reliability Engineer – Liquidity Platform, 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.
The team operates at the intersection of international capital markets, advanced technology, and commercial enablement, delivering high-impact solutions across global businesses. 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
- Help build and shape our site reliability engineering practices as the team’s first dedicated Site Reliability Engineer.
- Execute and drive improve reliability, monitoring and automation across a cloud-based platform, while working across application support, platform operations and software engineering to ensure the service runs smoothly and meets daily delivery deadlines.
- You learn fast, take ownership, and use AI tools effectively, including critically reviewing and validating their output for accuracy.
Candidate Profile & Required Qualifications
- Hands-on experience across Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, platform or software engineering.
- Troubleshooting skills across applications, infrastructure and data, including problems no runbook covers.
- Programming experience with Python, with an interest in automation and reliability engineering.
- You're comfortable picking up an unfamiliar codebase and changing it safely, with your work going through code review.
- Experience with Kubernetes and containers, ideally EKS.
- AWS and Linux fundamentals, with working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL or Aurora.
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting, and clear views on what's worth measuring and alerting on in a complex platform.
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.