Senior Software Engineer — Microservices (Java/Spring, AWS)

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

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.