Lead Engineer

3 weeks ago


Council of the City of Sydney, Australia Macquarie Bank Limited Full time

Overview

Leverage your extensive technical knowledge & project management skills to build, coach and inspire a team of Software Engineers (4-8 Engineers).

As a Digital Bank, software engineering is at the core of what we do. Our engineers operate in an autonomous environment where they are empowered to "do it right" and continuously learn, becoming masters in their craft.

If you would like to know more, read our Engineering Blog, where our engineers openly share their experiences.

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?

Responsible for mentoring and coaching the engineers and aspiring engineering leaders in your teams. Conduct regular feedback on career growth and identify areas for learning via project work. Lead by example by being hands on and deep diving into the code when required, ensuring high code quality, testing and security standards.

You will be working closely with the product managers to ensure the team understands the problems they're trying to solve. Talk to business stakeholders and consider the customer impacts when making technical decisions. Conduct respectful and meaningful code reviews, that ensure code maintainability. Accountable for the reliability and uptime of the applications. Participate in incident management and team roster activities and show ownership when there are problems in your space.

What you offer

- Ability to communicate clearly with all levels of the organisation
- Interested to help others in the team to grow; mentoring less experienced members
- Relevant experience leading a project from inception to production
- Strong full stack background in Java and Angular; any other language is also a plus
- Solid knowledge in building scalable, maintainable and low latency web applications
- Experience on refactoring large code bases and sunsetting applications
- Experience tackling complex bug fixes
- Solid knowledge in software design, object orientation and web applications

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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