Software Engineering Manager

Overview

PropertyIQ is Macquarie's comprehensive strata management platform serving customers across Australia, enabling strata managers to streamline operations, enhance communication, and deliver superior service to property owners.

We are building the PropertyIQ of the future and we are doing it with our clients by our side.

Join our PropertyIQ team and play a lead role in driving the next evolution of our Strata Application capabilities and Platform Evolution by leveraging your extensive technical knowledge & people management skills to build, coach and inspire teams of Software Engineers.

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

At Macquarie the Software Engineering Manager role is a mix of a technical architect, people manager and a project manager.

Our Software Engineering Managers own the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of the team owned product and platforms. As well as technology ownership, they also own the hiring, retention and growth and development of an engineering team that meets the needs of the business and works well within the overall system architecture.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will draw from a deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers, deep dive into technical problems, and provide leadership on complex technology issues in the company.

You will possess deep technical skills and spend most of your time building great software by directing and managing the engineers.

What you offer

- Experience managing multiple software engineering teams across diverse projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely delivery of complex engineering initiatives.

- Demonstrated success in collaborative environments, working closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and QA engineers to deliver high-impact solutions.

- Deep understanding of how to build and iterate on products in an Agile environment, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

- Focused on collaboration, developer experience, and driving innovation within teams.

- Extensive experience building performant, resilient, maintainable, and distributed software systems, with a strong emphasis on code quality and maintainability.

- Hands-on expertise with Java, Spring Boot, and Angular, enabling effective guidance and mentorship for engineering teams.

- Proven experience with AWS services such as S3, SQS, SNS, Cognito, ECS, VPC, and RDS, including cloud-native application development and deployment.

- Applied knowledge of tools like AWS CloudWatch and Dynatrace to ensure application reliability, uptime, and rapid incident response.

- Skilled in database optimisation, indexing, and query performance tuning to support scalable, high-performance applications.

- Strong understanding of security principles (OWASP Top 10), secure coding practices, and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001). Experience with Secure Code Warrior is a bonus.

- Applied understanding of tech obsolescence, privacy requirements, and regulatory standards.

- Communication & Stakeholder Management

- Proven ability to engage and manage stakeholders, facilitating clear communication between technical and non-technical teams.

- Computer Science background or equivalent experience, providing a solid foundation in software engineering principles and best practices.

What we offer

At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include:

- 1 wellbeing leave day per year

- Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year

- Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers

- 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching

- Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave

- Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations

- Access to a wide range of salary packaging options

- 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 Banking and Financial Services

Banking and Financial Services is our technology-driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential - whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team by clicking here.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.

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