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**Principal Engineer - Payments** - Lead and architect Macquarie's Open Payment Platform, contributing to a modern, real-time, highly reliable, scalable system - Leverage Java, Spring Boot, cloud technologies, microservices, and event-driven architecture - Demonstrate strong leadership, hands-on technical expertise, and a proven track record in payment orchestration and AI integration - Collaborate cross-functionally, drive key architecture decisions, and ensure security best practices - Enjoy Macquarie's comprehensive benefits, hybrid work arrangements, and diverse, inclusive culture; join a global financial services group with 56 years of unbroken profitability
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- Sydney
- Country
- Australia
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Principal Engineer - Payments
Additional office locations
Sydney
Job ID
19955
Date
10-Jun-2026
Permanent - Full time, Mid-senior
Job category
BFS - Principal Engineer
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Join our Payments platform as a technical leader and play a key role in contributing to the architecture and engineering efforts for our Open Payments Platform. We're building a modern, real-time Payments platform that is highly reliable, scalable, and based around no-ops technology. As a Payments platform within 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.
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. Youll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.
What role will you play?
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We are seeking a Senior Tech Lead Engineer to contribute to the architecture and engineering efforts for our Open Payments Platform (OPP). This is a great opportunity for a seasoned engineer ready to take on their next challenge and to help build out our Payments' future state.
In this important role, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of the Open Payments Platform. Depending on the role, you will either drive the broader architectural vision and strategy or lead a dedicated team of engineers to deliver exceptional results. Reporting to senior engineering leadership, you will make critical technical decisions and champion a culture of reliability, performance, and operational excellence across the platform.
Your hands-on approach and leadership will be key to implementing best-practice design, ensuring our payment platforms are highly performant, reliable, and built to scale. You will help cultivate a culture of learning and mastery, guiding and mentoring engineers to excel in their craft.
What you offer
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- A proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale, high-performance systems that are both robust and scalable.
- In-depth and expert-level, hands-on experience working with Java and Spring Boot, coupled with experience in cloud technologies (GCP and AWS).
- Deep knowledge of microservices, event-based architecture, design, and integration patterns.
- Solid understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable, and performant payment orchestration across multiple channels.
- Proven experience in leveraging AI throughout the SDLC, including hands-on application of spec-driven development.
- Demonstrated experience with modern AI development tools, including AI coding assistants and command-line interfaces (e.g., roo code, Claude Code, Gemini CLI).
- Strong understanding of security best practices for financial transactions and payments.
- Demonstrated leadership in driving complex engineering initiatives. Experience in leading a project or a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.
- Ability to drive key architecture and design decisions across a team or platform.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to all levels of the organisation.
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
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At Macquarie, youre empowered to shape a career thats 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
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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 thats buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth.
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
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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.
