Sr Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

Telstra; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra Bengaluru is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Java Full Stack to design and build scalable backend services and APIs. You will lead technical delivery within a cross‑functional team, applying best practices in microservices, Spring Boot, and cloud-driven architectures.

You will work with Java 8+, JavaScript frameworks, and modern frontend stacks, while collaborating with distributed teams and driving quality through CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

Qualifications

• Degree-level IT qualification in Software or Systems Engineering.
• Strong experience in Java 8+ and JavaScript frameworks.
• Hands-on with Spring Boot and microservice architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud (AWS) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to design secure, scalable software.

Responsibilities

• Design/Build Java/Spring Boot applications using microservices.
• Architect solutions spanning multiple domains with secure, scalable systems.
• Lead development, ensure quality, and document decisions.
• Collaborate with distributed teams and manage delivery timelines.
• Support CI/CD, testing, and deployment processes.

Skills

Full-Stack

Java 8+

JavaScript

Angular/React

CI/CD

Cloud AWS

SQL/NoSQL

Excellent communication

Education

Degree-level IT qualification in Software or Systems Engineering

Tools

Spring Boot

Microservices

Linux

APIGEE/Nginx

CI/CD tools (Bamboo/GitLab/Jenkins)

Job description

Employment Type Permanent

Job Title Senior Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

Job Summary

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 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.

What You'll Do

Product & Technology - Software Engineering & IT develops and maintains Telstras software and IT systems, working on some really cutting-edge technologies.

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

About You

You have strong Full-Stack Software development technology experience with a priority focus on Backend delivery. Combined with excellent stakeholder management, engagement and presentation skills, you thrive in a role that is autonomous yet collaborative while working in an Agile team embedded in CI/CD best practice. You understand customer needs and use this knowledge to advise development teams and product Managers on best engineering solutions in line with Tech capabilities and ability to manage multiple sprint priorities as required.

Essential Skills and Technologies:

• Degree-level IT qualifications in Software or Systems Engineering.
• Programming languages: Java 8+ (Expert) / JavaScript/Angular/React
• Strong hands-on experience in development and testing using microservice/lightweight containers & frameworks such as Spring Boot
• Understanding of CRM Product Model /Order Decomposition/ Order Orchestrator
• 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)
• Well-versed with Linux

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in Cloud technologies (primarily AWS): serverless computing(lambda, step functions, Glue), RDS, Postgres, S3, SQS, SNS, kinesis
• Salesforce (CRM) & Apex knowledge would be an added advantage.
• Understanding of Security (Authentication and Authorisation)
• APIGEE or Nginx or similar API gateway experience.
• Understanding of change management principles and experience in production support