Senior Software Engineer – Identity Platform & Microservices
Macquarie Identity Team
About the Role
Join Macquarie's Identity Engineering team and help build secure, scalable, cloud-native identity services supporting millions of authentication and authorization transactions.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and operate distributed identity platforms leveraging modern microservices architecture, cloud technologies, event-driven systems, and AI-assisted engineering practices.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong technical depth, an ownership mindset, and the ability to contribute across the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices supporting enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) capabilities.
Build secure authentication, authorization, entitlement, and customer access platforms.
Develop scalable REST APIs and event-driven services.
Deliver high-quality software using modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps.
Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design decisions.
Work closely with product owners, architects, and security teams.
Leverage AI engineering tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to accelerate delivery and improve code quality.
Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering standards and best practices.
Mandatory Skills
Backend Engineering
7+ years of software engineering experience
Strong expertise in:
Java 17+/21
RESTful API design
Microservices & Architecture
Proven experience building:
Cloud-native microservices
Distributed systems
High-availability platforms
Event-driven architectures
Strong understanding of:
Domain-driven design
Design patterns
API-first architecture
Scalability and performance optimization
Identity & Security
Highly desirable experience across enterprise IAM platforms especially SailPoint and identity ecosystems.
Front-End Engineering
Strong experience with:
ReactJS
TypeScript
JavaScript
HTML5/CSS3
Experience integrating frontend applications with secure APIs and identity services.
Data & Messaging
Experience with:
Kafka
Event streaming
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redis
Knowledge of high-volume transaction systems is preferred.
What We're Looking For
Strong engineering ownership mindset.
Ability to independently drive complex technical initiatives.
Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
Experience working in Agile product teams.
Passion for modern software engineering and continuous learning.
Financial Services, Banking, or Identity domain experience preferred.
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
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