Engineering Lead: Java Microservices & Kafka (Hybrid)

Virgin Australia Airlines; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted flights

Hybrid work

Brisbane HQ

Sydney CBD office

Travel discounts

Wellbeing program

Dress for Your Day

Job summary

Virgin Australia Airlines is seeking an experienced Integration Engineering Lead in Australia. You’ll head API and microservice delivery, guide architecture-to-design translation, and establish engineering standards while mentoring engineers across onshore and offshore teams.

The role involves working with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and cloud-based microservices in a hybrid Brisbane/Sydney setting, with strong emphasis on observability, CI/CD and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience with integration focus.
• Hands-on Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and cloud-based microservices.
• Ability to translate architecture into detailed designs and standards.
• Experience guiding teams and defining patterns, guardrails and reusable assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead API and microservice delivery for integration solutions.
• Translate architecture into physical designs and plans.
• Establish engineering standards and reusable assets.
• Provide technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes.
• Coach engineers and manage performance across teams and vendors.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

APIs

REST

SOAP

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

AI-assisted tools

Job description

Virgin Australia Airlines is seeking an experienced Integration Engineering Lead in Australia. You’ll head API and microservice delivery, guide architecture-to-design translation, and establish engineering standards while mentoring engineers across onshore and offshore teams.

The role involves working with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and cloud-based microservices in a hybrid Brisbane/Sydney setting, with strong emphasis on observability, CI/CD and production readiness.