Senior Software Engineer

About Us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. 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.

• Challenge yourself & add significant value to Qantas Group
• Exciting opportunity within our Data and Streaming Analytics team
• Permanent role working at our Mascot head office (hybrid working options available)

As a Senior Software Engineer in our Data and Streaming Analytics team, you will be responsible for guiding and leading the architecture, delivery and development of the software systems that power our business unit. As a highly skilled software developer with the experience to both code with and mentor other technical team members to deliver high quality, well-designed software.

You will be embedded in our Airline Technology team that supports the bespoke applications used daily by our digital customers and business operational teams. You’ll be directly involved in all aspects of software development from early in the planning and development lifecycle through to delivery and monitoring.

The role will share a large amount of responsibility for the quality of the software being built, including but not limited to: ensuring scalability, reliability and performance; deploying and configuring Kafka and Confluent components; implementing security best practices and working closely with development teams.

We’d like to hear from you for this brilliant opportunity, even if you do not meet all the below requirements.

You’ll have:

• 8+ years of experience as a professional software engineer (preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in Kafka - Confluent certified Kafka Developer or Administrator (preferred)
• Experience with Confluent Kafka components like Cloud Kafka, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and KSQLDB (preferred)
• Proficiency in Java for building Kafka producers and consumers
• Strong skills in Bash scripting for automation and system tasks
• Strong knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines
• Experience deploying and managing Kafka, Kafka Connect and KSQLDB
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS Infrastructure
• Leadership qualities and an approachable attitude to educate, mentor and led engineering teams
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders and communicating with various audiences
• Proficiency in Linux system administration
• Skills in optimizing Kafka performance, resource management and troubleshooting.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog
• Understanding of Kafka security best practices, including encryption and authentication
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform or Azure.

Qantas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, so by coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander – and people from every other kind of background – to apply. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Talk to us about how this job could be flexible for you.

Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship. 

Why Qantas? 

If you’re successful in your application, you’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. 

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.  

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

• We love to travel: Enjoy 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. 
• We have flexible leave options: We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging for everything from motor vehicles to electronic devices. 
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether its learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan. 

Applications Close: Sunday 5th January 2025