Software Engineer - Digital Engineering

Virgin Australia; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel for you and family

Flexible working arrangements

Collaborative culture

Wellness programs

Job summary

Virgin Australia is expanding its Digital Engineering team in Brisbane. We’re hiring three Engineers to help build a new customer-facing, full-stack web application.

Working in a cross-functional squad, you’ll take features from idea through delivery, using modern technologies and engineering practices to create scalable, intuitive experiences for guests and teammates.

Join us to shape digital experiences that feel seamless, perform well, and bring a spark of fun to flying.

Qualifications

• Experience building modern web apps for customer-facing digital environments.
• Experience with APIs and data integration into web apps.
• Proven ability to write clean, scalable, tested code.
• Experience in Agile, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Work across the application stack from front-end to API/backend.
• Contribute to solution design and technical decisions.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, designers and engineers to deliver features end-to-end.
• Build clean, scalable, well-tested code.
• Ensure digital experiences are performant and accessible.
• Apply modern engineering practices and AI-assisted development tools.

Skills

Web development

APIs integration

Clean code

Agile

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Playwright

AEM (Adobe Experience Manager)

Job description

We’re the airline that dares to do things a little differently. Bold, down-to-earth and built around giving our guests real choice.

Safety is our backbone, service is our heartbeat, and our people are our superpower. We blend heart and smarts to deliver experiences that feel good, work brilliantly and bring a spark of fun back to flying.

We’re vibrant, authentic and unapologetically human. Here, you can bring your whole self, your Virgin Flair and your ambition to a team that champions individuality, innovation and a whole lot of heart. If you’re excited by meaningful work, real opportunities to grow, and a culture where you can genuinely make a difference, you’ll feel right at home with us.

Our Digital Engineering team is shaping the future of Virgin Australia through technology, data and innovation. We create seamless digital experiences, build modern platforms and solve complex challenges with curiosity, collaboration and a relentless focus on delivering value for our guests and our people.

What you’ll be doing

Based in our Brisbane Head Office, we have three opportunities for Engineers to join our Digital Engineering team and help build a new customer-facing, full-stack web application.

Working within a cross-functional Digital squad, you’ll help take features from idea through to delivery, using modern technologies and engineering practices to create scalable, intuitive and high-performing digital experiences.

• Work across the application stack, from responsive front-end components through to API integration and backend for front-end functionality.
• Contribute to solution design, technical problem solving and engineering decisions.
• Work closely with Product Owners, designers and fellow engineers to deliver features end-to-end.
• Build clean, scalable, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Help ensure our digital experiences are performant, accessible and easy to use.
• Use modern engineering practices, automation and AI-assisted development tools to improve quality and delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across our engineering practices, tools and ways of working.

To be considered for this role, you’ll need

• Proven experience building modern web applications, ideally within customer-facing digital environments.
• Experience working with APIs and integrating data and services into web applications.
• A track record of writing clean, scalable and well-tested code.
• Experience delivering software within an Agile, cross-functional environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You’ll be great in this role if...

We’re building a team with complementary technical strengths, so you don’t need to tick every box. We’d particularly love to hear from engineers who bring deeper experience in one or more of the following:

• Front-end engineering – React, CSS, accessible, responsive interfaces and reusable component development.
• Full-stack / backend for front-end – consuming APIs, transforming data and connecting services through to the customer-facing experience.
• CMS and content modelling – working with CMS-driven or JSON-based content, ideally with exposure to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• Test automation – experience with tools such as Playwright or similar frameworks.
• Modern development and collaboration tools including GitLab, Jira and Confluence.
• AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex or similar.

Experience within airline, travel or loyalty environments would be a bonus, but it’s certainly not essential.

What you’ll get from us:

We’re committed to looking after you, with some of the best benefits and conditions in the industry – including (but not limited to):

• Heavily discounted air travel for you and your loved ones (including $1000 worth of travel credits per year)
• Flexible working arrangements (3 days a week in office)
• Discounts on travel insurance, car hire, accommodation and experiences worldwide
• Hospitality, retail, technology, beauty services and wellness discounts
• Wellness support, including the betterme digital wellbeing platform
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, which offers confidential coaching and support from qualified professionals for all aspects of life – physical, mental, social and financial
• Dress for Your Day – enjoy the freedom to wear whatever is appropriate for the type of work you do and the day you have ahead of you

Equality rules:

We’re all individuals. We love that. That’s why we encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, our friends in the LGBTQI+ community, and anyone else who wants to join our family.