Senior Full-Stack Architect: Cloud-Native Leader (Adelaide)

Qantas Airways Limited; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Air travel discounts and benefits

Flexible leave options

Rewards program access

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Qantas Airways Limited is hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer for our new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide. You will guide architecture, delivery and development of scalable systems powering digital experiences, while writing high‑quality code and ensuring security and performance.

You’ll bring 6+ years in software engineering, strong backend with Node.js/Java, frontend with React/Next.js, and cloud‑native AWS expertise.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in a hands‑on Software Engineering role.
• Strong experience building high‑traffic customer facing web applications across frontend and backend.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, etc).
• Backend experience with Node.js and Java using Spring/Spring Boot to build scalable APIs.
• Knowledge of React.js and Next.js for modern user experiences.
• Cloud‑native development on AWS with deployment and scaling considerations.
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), Git, and automated testing practices.
• Observability/monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog, etc) for production systems.
• A passion for quality, clean code and continuous improvement.
• Understanding of architectural concepts and cloud‑based solution design.
• Accountability, mentoring, and ability to influence across teams.
• Test and learn mindset with collaboration and care.
• Experience with multi‑threaded/asynchronous code.
• Adobe Experience Manager / Edge Delivery Services desirable.

Responsibilities

• Guide and lead architecture, delivery and development of software systems.
• Hands‑on coding to deliver high‑quality, well‑designed software.
• Ensure reliability, performance, and data privacy considerations.
• Mentor junior developers and collaborate with technical/non‑technical partners.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

High-traffic web apps

Database experience

Node.js & Java backend

React.js / Next.js

AWS / cloud-native

CI/CD & Git

Observability & monitoring

Quality & clean code

Architectural concepts

Mentoring junior developers

Stakeholder collaboration

Asynchronous programming

Adobe Experience Manager (desirable)

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Qantas Airways Limited is hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer for our new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide. You will guide architecture, delivery and development of scalable systems powering digital experiences, while writing high‑quality code and ensuring security and performance.

You’ll bring 6+ years in software engineering, strong backend with Node.js/Java, frontend with React/Next.js, and cloud‑native AWS expertise.