Senior Software Engineer – Backend & Platform Architect

telstra; Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related pay

Learning programs access

Global presence

Purchased annual leave

Additional Telstra day off

30% off Telstra products

Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile)

Job summary

Telstra is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to translate customer needs into scalable product capabilities. You will contribute deep technical expertise across the end-to-end software development life cycle, driving quality, security and architectural decisions in a fast-paced team focused on Telstra Self Service App and B2B applications.

You will own design and delivery of backend services, APIs and event-driven solutions, guiding engineering excellence and collaborating with cross-functional

Qualifications

• Strong backend and full-stack software delivery experience.
• Cloud-native architecture design experience (AWS/Azure).
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Deliver secure, reliable software through automated testing, CI/CD and observability.
• Diagnose and resolve production, integration and performance issues.
• Own solutions end-to-end from design to deployment and production support.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security and Platform teams to deliver outcomes.

Skills

Backend engineering

Java

Kotlin

Node.js

REST APIs

Microservices

Domain-Driven Design

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security

Observability

GitHub Copilot

Engineering leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Redis Streams

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Telstra is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to translate customer needs into scalable product capabilities. You will contribute deep technical expertise across the end-to-end software development life cycle, driving quality, security and architectural decisions in a fast-paced team focused on Telstra Self Service App and B2B applications.

You will own design and delivery of backend services, APIs and event-driven solutions, guiding engineering excellence and collaborating with cross-functional