Engineering Manager

As part of our BFS AI First strategy, we are creating AI-native solutions and an AI-empowered workforce to deliver best-in-class banking experiences for more than 2 million Australians.

Join a talented, diverse, and forward-thinking AI Engineering team dedicated to building and enabling leading-edge Enterprise AI solutions for BFS.

In BFS, we're not just building a digital bank; we're building a technology company that's revolutionizing the financial services industry. We are looking for a visionary Engineering Manager to lead our AI innovation and help us build the most intelligent and customer-centric bank in Australia.

This is more than a management role. It's an opportunity to build and lead a world-class engineering team, drive the development of groundbreaking AI-powered products, and make your mark on an entire industry.

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?

As the leader of a world-class AI engineering team, you will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and developing talented engineers, while fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and psychological safety. You will drive the end-to-end development of AI-powered products, overseeing everything from design and development to deployment and ongoing maintenance. Your role will also involve shaping the overall AI technology strategy by providing technical leadership and guidance on architecture, ensuring solutions are built for long-term success. You will champion engineering excellence by setting and maintaining high standards for code quality, testing, and security, as well as owning the reliability and uptime of the applications and models your team creates. Collaboration is key, as you will work closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering leaders to solve complex and challenging problems in the financial services industry. Additionally, you will take ownership of incident management, conduct post-mortems, and drive continuous improvement to ensure our systems are always evolving and improving.

What you offer

• You're a leader who inspires: You have a track record of building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing software engineering teams (ideally 15+). You know how to create an environment where engineers can thrive and do their best work.
• You're a builder at heart: You have a deep background in software engineering and have hands-on experience with general-purpose object-oriented languages. You're passionate about the craft of software development and have a strong understanding of how to build for scale, performance, and reliability.
• You're at the forefront of AI: You have a deep technical background in technologies relevant to building and deploying AI solutions, familiarity with the application of Gen AI and predictive AI patterns including Agentic designs, RAG, MLOps.
• You think in systems: You're a strategic thinker who can see the bigger picture. You understand how to design and architect complex, data-intensive systems and have experience delivering end-to-end AI solutions into production.
• You're a clear and compelling communicator: You can articulate a technical vision and inspire a team to build it. You're adept at working with product, data science, and technology stakeholders to drive alignment and deliver results.

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

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.