2022 Junior Software Engineer Graduate Opportunity (Rolling Intake)

About Macquarie

A career at Macquarie means you’ll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world—whether it’s accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, thy're empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.

Your role

In this role, you will be a valued member of a DevOps and agile delivery team with a focus on building amazing enterprise systems in the public cloud with an entrepreneurial organization. You will have the opportunity to learn and contribute to our thriving ecosystem using modern approaches and technologies in JAVA, Python, web/mobile frontends, event-driven microservices, system integration, AI/machine learning, event streaming, stream processing, real-time analytics, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. 

You will also have opportunities to give back to the community and support social programs you are passionate about through the Macquarie Group Foundation.  

Training, development & rotations

They empower their people to learn, grow and develop their careers with them. As an employee you will have access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities designed to help you develop your soft and technical skills. 

You will also have access to subsidised relevant external study as well as paid professional memberships.

As a global business there are also opportunities for you to grow your career in one of their many offices around the world. 

At Macquarie, you’re empowered to innovate and invest for a better future. 

You could play a role in managing critical infrastructure, new energy projects, and sustainable food supplies. Or bring investors and ideas together to develop solar farms, data centers, and telecommunications networks. 

Perhaps you’ll help advise big business on acquisitions, restructures and investments. Support teams that trade commodities, energy, metals, futures and currencies. Or even help people buy their first home, finance their business and invest in their future. 

Compensation & benefits

To reward their people, they aim to offer competitive compensation packages. Other financial benefits include salary sacrificing, staff rates on Macquarie Bank home loans, salary continuance insurance, a Macquarie-managed superannuation fund and a range of retail, insurance, and vehicle discounts. They also offer novated leases, recruitment referral awards and financial education sessions.  

They offer a range of leave options to help their people manage their work and life priorities. Employees receive one wellbeing leave day per year and are eligible for up to five additional days' leave based on length of service.  

Other leave options include compassionate and bereavement leave, paid leave for those impacted by family or domestic violence, paid defence leave, study/exam leave and emergency volunteer leave. 

Eligible employees can also purchase up to 20 days’ additional annual leave and take up to three months' unpaid leave. 

Career progression

There are a range of learning and development opportunities available to you at Macquarie. From team development and manager capability to individual skills development, their learning and development teams design programs to help you develop your knowledge and skills.   

At Macquarie, you’ll be encouraged to own your career. This means that it’s up to you to choose which direction you want to take – whether that’s taking on a new project; progressing within your division; exploring an opportunity in a different team; or relocating globally – and their learning and development programs can be tailored to help you get there. 

Work-life balance

At Macquarie, hybrid working empowers them to work together flexibly, balancing time spent working in the office and at home. Their shift to hybrid working is an extension of their long-standing commitment to flexible working. 

They are a people business. They build relationships and learn from each other. Hybrid working enables them to balance the needs of their clients, colleagues and teams, taking advantage of the benefits of coming together in person and providing their people with the flexibility they need. 

Your family is important to you, so they are important to them too. They support parents in many ways including through their parental leave policy. Primary carers are eligible for 20 weeks’ leave at full pay. There is no minimum tenure requirement meaning all employees are eligible for parental leave upon starting work at Macquarie.

To help parents transition to life as a working parent, they also offer 12 paid transition days upon your return. That means new parents can return to work four days and get paid for five days per week for 12 weeks; or return three days and get paid for five days per week for six weeks.

Co-parents can access up to six weeks paid leave at the time of birth, adoption or custody.

Other support services are also available including parents' rooms, and access to a range of resources including childcare centres and school holiday programs.

Company culture

Empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future. Their purpose represents why they exist and what they do. They believe that by empowering people - their colleagues, clients, communities, shareholders and partners – they will achieve their shared potential.

About you

If you’re graduating in 2022 or completed your studies within 12 months (that’s 12 months from your last subject or unit), proficiency or experience is not required. We welcome all applicants from all degree backgrounds who can demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for software engineering, and interest in learning new skills.

How to apply

To apply for this position, simply click the “Apply” button on this page

Source/s

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