Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin) — REST APIs & Systems

WebHosting; Banana Shire; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Megaport in Brisbane is seeking a software engineer who is respected by peers, with hands-on experience in Java/Spring MVC and a move toward Kotlin/Spring Boot. You will own features, reduce technical debt, and focus on scalable APIs.

Join a team building RESTful services, tackling performance, security, and quality through agile practices and code reviews. You’ll contribute across the lifecycle from concept to delivery in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java and Spring MVC in production systems.
• Hands-on experience with Kotlin and Spring Boot migrations or adoption.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs for customer integration.
• Proactively manage and reduce technical debt while improving system architecture.
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Promote best practices and design patterns within engineering teams.
• Drive complete feature development life cycle from concept to delivery.

Skills

Java

Spring MVC

Kotlin

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Code reviews

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Megaport in Brisbane is seeking a software engineer who is respected by peers, with hands-on experience in Java/Spring MVC and a move toward Kotlin/Spring Boot. You will own features, reduce technical debt, and focus on scalable APIs.

Join a team building RESTful services, tackling performance, security, and quality through agile practices and code reviews. You’ll contribute across the lifecycle from concept to delivery in a fast-paced engineering environment.