Principal 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.

Job Description

• Be part of a team that values great engineering principles and practices
• Opportunity to join our Network, Revenue Management & Alliances and take your career to the next level
• Full-Time position based in our Sydney office in Mascot
  
  

At Qantas, we represent Australia to the world. Our diverse country is known for its unique spirit, mateship, and a can-do attitude. Together we’re strong and resilient, and we work hard to make sure we’re always at our best.

Technology is a big part of how we continue to pioneer our way forward. With eyes on the future, our IT team harness technology on a global scale and tailor local solutions for each of our ports. Together we’ll show you it’s possible to make an impact, and to never underestimate what you’re capable of achieving.

The Principal Software Engineer is a technical leadership role, highly experienced, deeply technical role. They are typically responsible for an entire technical domain, but without the line management responsibilities that an Engineering Lead usually has. They are very much leaders within the technology department, helping shape technical strategy, and reinforcing strong software engineering principles and practices.

Principal Engineers have mastered all the fundamentals of software development, from problem exploration and solution discovery, through system and code design and implementation, to the deployment and maintenance of live code in a production environment. They use this knowledge and experience to lead team members through the design, development and maintenance of digital products and services.

Principal Engineers have a deep understanding of the business and customer value their software products deliver. They typically work closely with a Product Manager and other stakeholders to maximise value and align with strategic business goals. Beyond their immediate teams, Principal Engineers contribute to the overall technical vision and effectiveness of the organisation as members of the Engineering Leadership and Delivery Leadership teams.

You’ll Have

• 10 years’ experience in systems development and implementation
• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Engineering discipline preferred
• Demonstrated ability leading technical members, while staying hands on technically
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate technical requirements effectively to the business and across multidisciplinary teams
• Strong ability to forge and reinforce strong software engineering principles and best practices
• In-depth skills and experience in Agile and Lean methodologies, Continuous Delivery / DevOps, Analytics / data-driven processes
• Ownership of the whole software development lifecycle from stakeholder/end user
• engagement, design, development to continuous delivery and DevOps
• Expert knowledge of core technologies required for the role, such as: General purpose programming language(s) in particular python, Web-UI development languages(s) such as Javascript/Typescript, React, Database technologies, in particular PostgreSQL and Redis
• Proven experience in automation, monitoring, testing, and quality assurance
• Experience with Cloud computing platform(s) and tools
• Scripting language(s) such as bash
• Working with and administering Linux environments
• Automated testing tools and libraries
• Cloud computing platforms, particularly AWS
  
  

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

• We love to 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.
• 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 program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s 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 Wednesday the 2nd of July