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Senior Software Engineer

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Australia
Senior level
Australia
Senior level
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build applications using Microservices with Java Spring Boot, manage the development lifecycle, and mentor junior team members.
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Employment TypePermanent

Closing Date21 July 2025 11:59pm

Job TitleSenior Software Engineer

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.Job Description

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. 

 
Focus of the Role
 
This role as Java/Microservices Senior Software Engineer is key to the success of the Financial Technology group at Telstra​.
 
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.
 

Purchased annual leave scheme  

Additional Telstra day off  

Additional 30% off Telstra products and services 

Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for) 

 

What You’ll Do 

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

Responsibilities 
 
· Design/Build applications using Microservice architecture with Java Spring boot. 
· 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 a technical architecture. 
· Critical thinking mindset, strong sense of accountability for product delivery, passion to develop quality software. 
· Monitor process of software configuration/development/testing to assure quality deliverable. 
· Develop own and peer’s skills and be a mentor to junior peers, to build T-shaped team. 
· Demonstrate accountability and end-to-end ownership for the designed capability, including proactive incident management, root cause analysis, strategic resolution planning, and automated data remediation where required 
 

About You 

Must have 

· Degree level IT qualifications in Software or Systems Engineering. 

· 8-10 years’ hands on experience in developing spring boot applications, in-depth knowledge of microservices architecture 

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

· Understanding of design patterns and able to show expertise in applying design patterns 

· Lead design and implementation of secure, scalable, observable, fault tolerant systems in cloud and be an active participant in peer reviews for the same. 

· Experience in Cloud technologies (primarily AWS): serverless computing (Lambda, Step Functions, Glue), RDS, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, Kinesis... 

· Docker / K8 / Containerisation technologies 

· Understanding of Security (Authentication and Authorisation) 

· 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) 

· Understands version control and various branching strategies 

 

Desirable: 

· Programming languages: Python, JavaScript/Nodejs 

· APIGEE or Nginx or similar API gateway experience 

· Observability tools - New Relic, Splunk, Datadog, ELK stack etc 

· Understanding of change management principles and experience in production support 

· Experience in performance testing using JMeter or other similar tools 

· Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills 

 

If you are looking to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you!  

As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India). 
 
 
When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.   
 
 
As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application. 
 
 
We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process. 
 
 
We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition team via the contact details found at www.telstra.com.au/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/disability-employment 

 

Top Skills

Apigee
AWS
Ci/Cd
Docker
Java
Jmeter
Kubernetes
Microservices
NoSQL
Spring Boot
SQL

Telstra Melbourne, Victoria, AUS Office

242 Exhibition St, Melbourne, VIC , Australia, 3000

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