Senior Python Developer - Vulnerability Management Platform

About the role

Macquarie's Detection Engineering team, part of the Vulnerability Management service in its Cybersecurity division, surfaces the most critical vulnerabilities across Macquarie's IT ecosystem and gives teams a prioritised, contextualised view so they can focus remediation efforts. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help design, develop and maintain a greenfield platform using a modern tech stack, driving the future of the vulnerability management platform and building a collaborative environment for identifying, analysing and mitigating vulnerabilities across a multi-cloud environment.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong Python expertise across backend services and APIs
• Demonstrated ability to design, build and maintain scalable backend systems
• Solid background in microservices architecture, with a focus on Kubernetes and CI/CD best practices
• Good understanding of cloud-native environments and integrating security or operational tooling
• Commitment to high-quality, reliable code through testing, automation and engineering best practices
• Experience with data engineering or modern data platforms (cloud data lakes, Apache Iceberg, Airflow, dbt) is a strong advantage

What we offer

• Wellbeing leave: 1 day per year, plus up to 5 additional service bonus leave days
• Paid parental leave (up to 20 weeks for primary caregivers, 12 days transition leave, 6 weeks for others) and up to 12 months' gender affirmation leave
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks and flu vaccinations
• Salary packaging options and learning and development opportunities, including professional membership reimbursement
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role, plus reimbursement for work from home equipment