Key Responsibilities & Operational Scope

• We're looking for a Principal Engineer / Senior Technical Lead to play a leading technical role across our global Real Assets and Real Estate technology estate.
• You'll have influence well beyond a single application, product or engineering team.
• Working directly with senior leaders across Technology and Investment teams, and in partnership with Engineering, Product, Architecture and strategic technology partners, you'll shape architectural direction, make critical technology decisions and provide technical leadership across some of the most important technology challenges facing the business.
• You'll play a key role in evolving the applications, services, platforms, data capabilities and engineering practices that underpin our investment business, improving how information moves across the investment lifecycle and creating new opportunities through automation, AI and modern engineering approaches.
• You'll lead through technical credibility, influence and expertise rather than hierarchy.
• You'll be trusted to guide significant technical decisions, bring clarity and direction, and help ensure technology investments, engineering efforts and architectural choices continue to support the evolving needs of the business.
• While your influence will extend across the wider technology estate, the role remains firmly grounded in technology.
• You'll be comfortable moving from strategy and architecture into design, code, integration or production problem-solving when needed, bringing the depth of expertise and technical judgement required to tackle complex challenges and move teams forward.
• You'll create leverage through others, helping engineering teams make stronger technical decisions, navigate difficult technical trade-offs and continually raise the bar for engineering excellence.
• In doing so, you'll strengthen the technical capability of the wider engineering community and increase the impact of teams across the technology estate.

Candidate Profile & Required Qualifications

• A track record of leading the evolution of complex technology estates, shaping architecture, guiding significant technical decisions and delivering technology outcomes across large-scale, data-intensive environments.
• Deep software engineering expertise, with a track record of designing, building and evolving modern applications, services and technology platforms.
• You'll bring strong technical depth across applications, distributed systems, APIs, integrations and data-intensive systems, alongside experience with technologies such as Python, FastAPI, Django and React.
• A hands-on approach to engineering, remaining close to the code while influencing technical direction and raising engineering standards.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, including AI-assisted software development, agentic workflows and intelligent automation.
• Experience leveraging tools such as Claude Code, Enterprise Claude, Gemini, Copilot or similar technologies to enhance engineering productivity and accelerate delivery will be highly regarded.
• Experience within asset management, private markets or financial services would be beneficial, but we are ultimately looking for engineers who thrive on ownership, complexity and impact.

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