Senior Software Technical Lead – Backend & Cloud (Adelaide)

Qantas; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted air travel

Flexible leave options

Salary packaging options

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Qantas is seeking a Software Technical Lead to head a team at the new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide. Lead the architecture, delivery, and strategic direction for scalable digital solutions aligning with customer value and business objectives.

You will mentor engineers, guide agile discovery, and collaborate with product managers to deliver reliable, high-quality software across platforms.

Qualifications

• 10 years of systems development and integration experience.
• 3+ years in tech leadership roles.
• Experience guiding agile product discovery and delivery.
• Ability to influence stakeholders for functional, maintainable software.

Responsibilities

• Lead a technical domain and integration of systems and services.
• Guide teams through full development lifecycle from discovery to deployment.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure business value and user-centric goals.
• Shape broader technical vision within Engineering and Delivery Leadership.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Observability

Datadog

Splunk

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Slack

Job description

Qantas is seeking a Software Technical Lead to head a team at the new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide. Lead the architecture, delivery, and strategic direction for scalable digital solutions aligning with customer value and business objectives.

You will mentor engineers, guide agile discovery, and collaborate with product managers to deliver reliable, high-quality software across platforms.