Software Engineer – Back End in Adelaide

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

At Qantas, our teams come together to create new and unique experiences for our customers. A fantastic opportunity to be part of a team that focuses on cutting-edge technology and engineering principles. This is a full-time and permanent position based at our new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide.

As a Back-End Developer, you’ll be responsible for guiding and leading the architecture, delivery, and development of the software systems that power our business unit. You will share responsibility for the quality of the software being built, including but not limited to achieving desired business outcomes, meeting reliability and performance expectations, and safely managing security and data privacy concerns.

You’ll have:

• 3+ years in a hands-on Software Engineering role
• Experience building high-traffic backend applications
• Working experience with back-end technologies (i.e Java, Spring / Spring Boot) and databases (e.g PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, etc)
• Understanding of cloud-native development on platforms such as AWS, including deployment, scaling, and operational considerations
• Containerisation technology concepts, such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (preferably GitHub Actions), version control (Git), and automated testing practices
• Experience using observability and monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, Datadog, or similar) to support production systems
• A real passion for quality, clean code and continuous improvement
• An understanding of architectural concepts and cloud-based solution design
• Highly dedicated ethos - expected to take very real accountability for the work you're doing
• A test and learn mindset with curiosity, collaboration and care
• Experience writing multi-threaded, asynchronous code
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Edge Delivery Services desirable

Why Qantas? At Qantas, your career can take you further than you imagined. You’ll join a team where creativity and passion drives success. Together we dream big and deliver even bigger. You’ll find diverse opportunities to grow, personally and professionally. From day one, you’ll be supported with hands-on training, coaching, and formal learning programs designed to help you excel. Your development is our priority because we know that when you thrive, so do our customers.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel:

• Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
• Access to thousands of rewards through our partnerships offering discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.
• Take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• Support for your wellbeing, including learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app, or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Applications will close on the 5th of October. Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.