Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud-Native, Scalable Systems

Qantas Airways; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel discounts

Flexible leave options

Rewards program

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Qantas Airways is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Back-End) to lead architecture, delivery and development of robust, scalable backend systems from its new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide. You will contribute to high‑traffic, cloud-native services with a focus on quality, security and performance.

The role requires 6+ years in hands-on software engineering, experience with Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, relational and NoSQL databases, and strong proficiency in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes,

Qualifications

• 6+ years in hands-on software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Guide architecture, delivery and development of backend systems powering the business unit.
• Hands-on developer contributing high quality, scalable software.
• Ensure reliability, performance and security/data privacy compliance.

Skills

Java

Spring/Spring Boot

Node.js

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

Observability tools

Event-driven architecture

Kafka/SNS-SQS/EventBridge

Multi-threaded programming

Code reviews

Tools

GitHub Actions

Splunk

Datadog

Kafka

SNS/SQS

EventBridge

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Qantas Airways is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Back-End) to lead architecture, delivery and development of robust, scalable backend systems from its new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide. You will contribute to high‑traffic, cloud-native services with a focus on quality, security and performance.

The role requires 6+ years in hands-on software engineering, experience with Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, relational and NoSQL databases, and strong proficiency in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes,