Lead, Integration Engineering – Java Microservices

Virgin Australia; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted flights for you and family

Flexible hybrid work style

Brisbane and Sydney offices

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Virgin Australia is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to lead integration delivery across APIs, Java microservices and event-driven solutions. You will guide design, estimates, and implementation across onshore and offshore teams.

Join a vibrant Integration team building scalable, observable services, with a strong focus on AI-assisted development tools, automation, and production readiness in a hybrid Brisbane/Sydney setup.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience with integration focus.
• Experience using AI coding assistants across design, development and testing.
• Ability to write clear technical context to produce repeatable AI-assisted outcomes.
• Deep hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of APIs, Java microservices and event-driven integration.
• Translate architecture into physical designs and implementation plans.
• Establish integration engineering standards and reusable assets.
• Provide hands-on leadership across Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, API Management, AWS, Kubernetes.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

APIs

Cloud-based microservices

AI-assisted engineering

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Virgin Australia is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to lead integration delivery across APIs, Java microservices and event-driven solutions. You will guide design, estimates, and implementation across onshore and offshore teams.

Join a vibrant Integration team building scalable, observable services, with a strong focus on AI-assisted development tools, automation, and production readiness in a hybrid Brisbane/Sydney setup.