Engineering Lead

Qantas; Sydney; On-site; AUD 145,000 - 168,130; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted air travel

Flexible leave options

Access to health and wellbeing programs

Salary packaging program

Job summary

Qantas is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee the development of its Insurance Platforms Services Layer. This role requires a technical leader with strong Java and AWS skills, focusing on mentoring a team and ensuring high-quality software solutions. The successful candidate will drive innovation and maintain reliability across applications in a collaborative environment. Enjoy competitive benefits including discounted travel and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical leadership with a focus on mentoring.
• Strong experience in Java using Spring Framework and AWS.
• Ability to identify and resolve complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of Insurance Platforms Services Layer.
• Oversee software development lifecycle from planning to deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Problem Solving

AWS

Java

Spring Framework

Infrastructure-as-Code

Docker

Attention to Detail

Job description

Engineering Lead

About Us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

About Us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

Job Description

Qantas Loyalty is a high performing business and has a history of launching exciting new brands and services that make a difference to its millions of Frequent Flyer and Business Rewards members. Qantas Frequent Flyer and Qantas Business Rewards remain at the core of the program, while the business has evolved to include a number of new ventures and other businesses such as Qantas Insurance, Qantas Money, Qantas Hotels & Holidays and Qantas Wine.

As an Engineering Lead for Insurance, you will be responsible for driving the development of our Insurance Platforms Services Layer, ensuring they are high-performing, reliable, and meet the needs of our customers. Mentoring and guiding a team of skilled Java developers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The Engineering Lead will use deep understanding of AWS, Java, Spring Framework and other relevant technologies to architect and implement scalable solutions in our cloud-designed microservices environment. They will oversee the software development lifecycle, from planning and design to deployment and maintenance, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.

The role works closely with product managers, business analysts, delivery managers, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver features that align with business goals. Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, continually integrating new ideas and best practices to enhance our web applications.

You’ll Have

• Experience in Technical Leadership, and demonstrable ability to motivate self and others with a passion to mentor.
• Experience or interest in building and extending tooling and processes to improve developer productivity, delivery and consistency
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical requirements effectively to the business and across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to identify and resolve complex technical challenges, ensuring the stability and reliability of our applications.
• Strong demonstrated technical experience in Java using spring framework, AWS, relational databases (MySQL, Postgres etc.), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible etc.), containerisation (Docker, ECS etc.).
• Strong proficiency to forge and reinforce strong software engineering principles and best practices
• Proven experience in developing, deploying, debugging, and testing.
• Confidence in applying patterns, techniques and approaches that ensure high-quality, highly flexible software.
• The ability to balance technical and communication skills and adjust to your audience.
• Attention to detail and a quality-focused mindset.
• An approachable attitude to educate, mentor and influence the team.
  
  

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
  
  

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

Be part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today!

Applications will close by the 15th of July

Qualifications

Critical Success Factors Technical and commercial balance Hands-on experience as a software engineer in an enterprise with high scaling, availability and performance requirements running on cloud-based infrastructure Effective communication & influencing skills

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Airlines and Aviation

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