Overview

Join Qantas in our brand-new Product Innovation Centre located in Adelaide.

Guide the development of high-quality, scalable digital solutions that deliver real customer value.

Oversee a technical domain and manage engineers within it.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide teams through the full development lifecycle—from problem discovery and system design to deployment and maintenance of live code.

• Focus on strategic planning and team leadership while involved in day-to-day delivery.

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to ensure software solutions deliver strong business and customer value aligned with strategic goals.

• Contribute to the organisation’s broader technical vision and operational effectiveness as part of the Engineering and Delivery Leadership teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in systems development and 3+ years in technology development leadership roles.

• Strong experience building and operating high-traffic, customer-facing web platforms.

• Strong in Java and Node JS for backend services and APIs, with modern frameworks and patterns.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript with deep experience in React.js, Next.js and modern frontend architectures.

• Experience designing scalable, resilient distributed systems, including API-first and event-driven approaches.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure or GCP), including containerisation and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience using observability and monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, Datadog, or similar) to support production systems.

• Passionate about clean code, quality, and continuous improvement with strong accountability.

• Ability to recommend frameworks, libraries, and tools that improve performance and scalability.

• Demonstrated ability to motivate and mentor developers, fostering team growth.

• Experienced in collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders, with strong influencing skills.