Backend Engineer - Scalable Cloud‑Native Systems

Qantas Airways; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel

Flexible leave options

Wellbeing programs

Salary packaging and benefits

Job summary

Qantas Airways is building a new backend platform at our Adelaide Product Innovation Centre. As a Back-End Developer, you will lead architecture, delivery and development of robust systems powering our digital experiences. You will code, review, and ensure security, reliability and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, scalable design, and accountability in a fast-paced, frontier technology environment in Adelaide.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in hands-on software engineering.
• Experience building high-traffic backend applications.
• Proficient with back-end technologies (Java, Spring / Spring Boot) and databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Understanding of cloud-native development on AWS.
• Containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and Git.
• Observability/monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog or similar).
• Strong focus on quality, clean code and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of architectural concepts and cloud-based design.
• Willingness to take real accountability for the work.

Responsibilities

• Guide architecture, delivery and development of software systems powering the business unit.
• Be a hands-on developer delivering high-quality, well-designed software.
• Share responsibility for software quality, reliability and security.

Skills

3+ years experience

Backend applications

Java

Spring / Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Observability tools

Multi-threaded code

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

GitHub Actions

Job description

Qantas Airways is building a new backend platform at our Adelaide Product Innovation Centre. As a Back-End Developer, you will lead architecture, delivery and development of robust systems powering our digital experiences. You will code, review, and ensure security, reliability and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, scalable design, and accountability in a fast-paced, frontier technology environment in Adelaide.