Senior Software Engineer (Microservices)

Air New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted staff travel

FlexiLeave

Learning culture and development

Wellbeing support and discounts

Job summary

Air New Zealand is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the next generation of digital products and platforms. You will influence technical direction, solve complex engineering challenges, and contribute to AI-assisted software development across critical platforms.

You will join the Software Engineering Chapter, collaborating with engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions and high-value customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Extensive backend software engineering experience in modern cloud environments.
• Designs APIs, distributed systems, and microservices architectures.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
• Strong experience with AWS and event-driven tech like Kafka.
• Influences architecture, technical direction, and coding standards.
• Mentors engineers and fosters engineering excellence.
• Curiosity for AI-enabled software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable REST APIs and event-driven microservices for millions of interactions.
• Lead development of cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.
• Drive architecture decisions for reliability, security, scalability, and performance in distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices across the engineering chapter.
• Champion modern engineering practices and AI-assisted software development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital products that create customer value.

Skills

Backend development

APIs

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kafka

Mentoring

Job description

Kia ora!

Air New Zealand is on an accelerated journey to become the world's leading digital airline, and we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of digital products and platforms.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll influence the technical direction of critical platforms, solve complex engineering challenges, and help build the capabilities that power millions of customer journeys.

You'll join our Software Engineering Chapter, where you'll collaborate with talented engineers, architects, and product teams while helping drive our evolution toward Agentic Software Engineering. Through AI-assisted tooling and intelligent workflows, you'll help unlock faster delivery, higher quality, and greater engineering impact across our teams.

How you'll make an impact:

• Design and deliver scalable REST APIs and event-driven microservices that support millions of customer interactions
• Lead the development of cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS technologies
• Drive architecture decisions that improve reliability, security, scalability, and performance across distributed systems
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering engineering excellence and knowledge sharing across the chapter
• Champion modern engineering practices, continuous improvement, and AI-assisted software development
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital products that create measurable customer value

What we're looking for:

• Extensive backend software engineering experience within modern cloud environments
• Strong expertise designing APIs, distributed systems, and microservices architectures
• Deep experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Strong experience with AWS and event-driven technologies such as Kafka
• Proven ability to influence architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards
• Willingness to mentor others and enable high-performing engineering teams
• Curiosity for emerging technologies, including AI-enabled software engineering

If you meet the majority of the criteria and are excited by the opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Why join Air New Zealand?

We want our people to live their best lives and access great benefits that support their lives outside work.

• Discounted staff travel across Air New Zealand's domestic and international network, along with standby travel on many partner airlines for you and your eligible whānau
• FlexiLeave, giving you the option to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave each year
• A learning culture that supports your growth through meaningful engineering challenges, on-the-job development, and opportunities to shape the future of digital aviation
• Access to wellbeing support, medical cover options, and a wide range of retail, travel, and lifestyle discounts

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

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