Engineering Manager

Company
Qantas
Job Location
Australia, Australia / Nz
Job Role
Engineer
Contract Type
Full-Time
Salary
Posted Date
2026-10-18
Job Expiry Date
2026-11-17
Qualification
High School

Overview


Oversee the technology that powers Jetstar’s customer-facing digital experiences


Lead a hands-on engineering team across high-impact customer and technology platforms


Permanent, hybrid opportunity based at Jetstar Headquarters in Docklands


Key Responsibilities


• Own the technical direction, roadmap and sequencing for your area, within Jetstar’s engineering and architecture standards


• Own reliability, availability and performance, including incident response — triage, escalation, recovery and root cause resolution


• Own your area’s cost base — team cost, cloud, licence and vendor spend — and drive value for money over time


• Direct contracted and partner engineers alongside permanent staff, and hold partners to account for quality and productivity


• Drive adoption of AI-assisted and modern engineering practice


• Lead and develop your team, building the capability needed to meet performance expectations


Requirements


• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience


• 8+ years in software engineering, including leading an engineering team


• End-to-end ownership of a production platform or service at scale


• Reliability and incident management for customer-facing systems


• Cyber remediation and secure-by-design engineering practice


• Managing cloud, licence and vendor cost for a platform


• Directing contracted or partner engineers alongside permanent staff


• Current hands-on credibility in modern and AI-assisted engineering practice

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