Senior Software Engineer - Java, Microservices, AWS

telstra; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related pay

Access to learning programs

Global presence with international job

Maternity leave up to 26 weeks

Paternity leave up to 16 weeks

21 paid annual leaves

12 paid sick/casual leaves

Relocation support across India

Insurance benefits

Job summary

Telstra in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, test, release and support secure, scalable backend services, APIs and event-driven capabilities. You will work as a senior individual contributor within a cross-functional product team, providing technical leadership and mentoring other engineers.

You will translate customer needs into scalable solutions, applying deep expertise in Java, microservices and cloud architectures to deliver end-to-end software and drive

Qualifications

• Degree-level IT qualifications in Software or Systems Engineering.
• Proficient in Java 17+ and Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices architecture and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases and CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, release, and support backend services and APIs.
• Lead technical decisions and guide a cross-functional product team.
• Ensure secure, scalable, and high-performance microservices.
• Collaborate with distributed teams and provide mentorship.

Skills

Java 17+ (Expert)

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS Cloud

NoSQL databases

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo)

SQL

APIGEE or Nginx

Education

Degree-level IT qualifications in Software or Systems Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

SpringBoot

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Kubernetes

Job description

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

23 Oct 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer - Java, Microservices, AWS

Who We Are

We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network. This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.

What we offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level‑up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Up to 26 weeks maternity leave provided to the birth mother with benefits for all child births
• Up to 16 weeks paid paternity leave provided to the non‑birthing partners
• Employees are entitled to 21 paid annual leaves per calendar year
• Eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of paid sick / casual leave per calendar year
• Relocation support options across India, from junior to senior positions within the company
• Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances

What is the focus of the role?

As a Senior Software Engineer, you design, build, test, release and support secure, reliable and scalable backend services, APIs and event-driven capabilities. You work as a senior individual contributor within a cross‑functional product team, provide technical leadership, improve engineering practices and support the growth of other engineers.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you thrive on understanding and translating customer needs into new products and capability. You apply deep technical expertise and experience in software application layer solutions, to develop and deliver scalable design blueprints across the end‑to‑end software development life cycle. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset, collaboration and influencing skills are critical to success in this role.

What You'll Do

Responsibilities

• Design/Build Java/Spring boot application and leverage Microservice architecture


• Design technical architecture solutions that span multiple domains (Sales, Service, Marketing, Analytics, Social, and Communities) and include integration and authentication across systems.


• Manage the development lifecycle to ensure the delivery of highly secure solutions that are optimized for performance and built to scale.


• Articulate design considerations, trade‑offs, benefits, and recommendations for technical architecture.


• Monitor the process of software configuration/development/testing to assure quality deliverables.


• Critical thinking mindset, a strong sense of accountability for product delivery, passion to develop quality software.


• Good communication skills and team player


• Experience working (or willing to work) with a geographically distributed team.


• Provide training and educate other team members about core capabilities and helps them deliver high‑quality solutions and deliverables/documentation.

Essential Skills

• Degree‑level IT qualifications in Software or Systems Engineering.


• Programming languages: Java 17+ (Expert) / JavaScript


• Experience in cloud platform such as AWS/Azure cloud services etc


• Strong hands‑on experience in development and testing using microservice/lightweight containers & frameworks such as Spring Boot


• Deep technical knowledge of microservices, web development frameworks and APIs.


• Understanding of design patterns and ability to show expertise in applying design patterns.


• Involved in the design and implementation of secure, scalable, fault‑tolerant systems in the cloud.


• Experience with SQL and NoSQL DBs


• Understands CI/CD process and has experience with at least 1 build server (e.g. bamboo, GitLab ci, Jenkins, etc)


• Desirable Skills:


• Domain knowledge of Telecom


• Experience in NoSQL database such as Couchbase, MongoDB etc.


• Experience with Cloud technologies (primarily AWS): serverless computing (lambda, step functions, Glue), RDS, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, kinesis


• Experience with code analysis and test automation tools, security testing tools


• Understanding of Security (Authentication and Authorisation)


• APIGEE or Nginx or similar API gateway experience.


• Exposure on monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, NewRelic, Splunk and Pager duty


• Experience with design patterns, architecture, secure coding


• Has contributed to developing and maintaining agile and CI/CD process within a project.


• Understanding of change management principles and experience in production support


• Well‑versed with Linux/Windows

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