Senior Backend Architect: Kotlin/AWS, Lead & Scale

Qantas Airways; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel

Flexible leave

Rewards program

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Qantas Airways in Adelaide invites a Senior Mobile Back-End Developer to lead architecture, delivery and development of scalable backend services at the new Product Innovation Centre. You will architect and build robust APIs, and own quality, reliability, and security in a hands-on role.

The role requires 6+ years in hands-on software engineering, with Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, AWS, CI/CD, and strong mentoring skills to guide junior developers and collaborate with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in hands-on software engineering.
• Extensive experience in designing and building backend APIs.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, AWS, CI/CD and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Guide architecture, delivery and development of backend systems powering the business unit.
• Contribute hands-on coding to deliver high-quality, well-designed software.
• Ensure reliability, performance and security, and manage data privacy concerns.

Skills

API design

Backend development

Cloud architecture

Mentoring

CI/CD

Asynchronous code

Multi-threading

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Kotlin

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Git

CI/CD tooling

Datadog

Splunk

GitHub Actions

Observability tools

Job description

Qantas Airways in Adelaide invites a Senior Mobile Back-End Developer to lead architecture, delivery and development of scalable backend services at the new Product Innovation Centre. You will architect and build robust APIs, and own quality, reliability, and security in a hands-on role.

The role requires 6+ years in hands-on software engineering, with Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, AWS, CI/CD, and strong mentoring skills to guide junior developers and collaborate with cross-functional partners.