Lead Software Engineer - AI Enablement

Join our mission to build the most intelligent, customer-centric bank in Australia! Driven by our AI first strategy, we're creating AI-native solutions and an AI-empowered workforce to deliver best-in-class experiences for over 2 million Australians. You will join our talented enterprise AI enablement team to build leading-edge solutions on our agentic AI ecosystem. We are currently looking for a software engineer to lead our AI innovation efforts, and deliver significant value for Banking and Financial Services.

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?

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As a senior software engineer in the enterprise AI enablement team, you will be at the forefront of designing and building the robust, scalable backend systems that power our AI-native solutions. With a primary focus on software engineering excellence, you will spend the majority of your time writing production-grade code and automating complex workflows to create a resilient foundation for our agentic AI ecosystem. You'll take end-to-end ownership of your products in a modern DevOps culture, responsible for architecture, design, development, testing, and operations. Working in a multi-disciplinary team alongside our data scientists, you will apply your engineering expertise to implement "LLMOps" best practices and streamline the deployment and monitoring of cutting-edge AI models.

What you offer

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• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer in an agile DevOps environment using an object-oriented development language (python preferred)
• Experience across the full SDLC including design, build, test, and supporting mission-critical production platforms
• Strong proficiency in writing robust, production-grade code to build scalable backend solutions and automate complex workflows
• Demonstrated proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and managing deployments in a containerised cloud environment (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Exposure to modern agentic AI concepts and frameworks: RAG, MCP, GCP vertex AI, google ADK, LangChain, LangGraph, or LlamaIndex
• Knowledge of "LLMOps" best practices for streamlining model experimentation, deployment, and monitoring in a live environment.

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, 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

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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 that’s 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.