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Principal Engineer - Machine Identity

Macquarie Group

Macquarie Group

Posted on Feb 24, 2026
We're the team that makes cryptographic services invisible and machine identity secure at enterprise scale. We own PKI, secrets management, cryptographic controls, and machine identity systems across Macquarie - enabling zero-trust architecture and ensuring every service, API, and workload across 31 markets can authenticate securely without human intervention.
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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You'll be an enterprise-level Principal Engineer building next-generation cryptographic systems and machine identity services at scale. You'll solve the hardest technical problems in cryptography and non-human identity - not by accepting limitations, but by prototyping what's technically possible and proving it works at enterprise scale. You'll design and implement production cryptographic systems, experiment with emerging technologies like confidential computing and post-quantum cryptography, build working prototypes that platform teams can adopt, and share technical depth through architecture documentation and mentorship. You'll be ahead of the curve, experimenting with emerging cryptographic technologies before the industry standardises them.

What you offer

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  • Deep expertise in enterprise secrets management (secrets lifecycle, HSMs, KMS systems, key hierarchies, encryption-at-rest) with production experience of foundational services at scale
  • Strong knowledge of machine identity at scale (workload identity, service accounts, mTLS, certificate-based authentication, service-to-service authentication)
  • Cryptography fundamentals including PKI architecture, X.509 certificate lifecycle, JWTs, signing protocols, encryption standards, and key management patterns
  • Zero-trust architecture experience with attestation frameworks, attestation-based identity, and least-privilege access patterns across distributed systems
  • Hands-on coding ability in Python, Go, or similar languages - you write production-quality code, review PRs, debug systems, and lead technical implementations
  • Understanding of emerging technologies like confidential computing (Intel SGX, AMD SEV-SNP), post-quantum cryptography, or attestation-based authentication
  • Ability to prototype and validate technical solutions at enterprise scale, challenging existing assumptions with data‑backed alternatives
  • Proven experience delivering production‑grade POCs in realistic environments and measuring their impact.
  • Strong technical communication skills, including clear documentation, design proposals, and sharing working code and architectures
  • Demonstrated technical leadership through hands‑on coding, code reviews, system debugging, and mentoring in cryptography and machine identity.
  • Strong bias toward action, with ongoing engagement in emerging cryptography/security trends, standards bodies, and industry innovation.
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 Technology

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Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions.

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.