Senior Software Engineer

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

The Senior Software Engineer in the IP SDN & Tooling team develops, maintains, improves, and supports key systems and platforms. These systems underpin Optus Network Planning, Design, Build, and Operations, and support business units with data for billing, reconciliation, and regulatory compliance. This role covers both in-house and vendor systems. It focuses on software development lifecycle, data collection, analytics, presentation, and customised reporting to help make effective business decisions for network platform growth and troubleshooting.

What You’ll Do

• Build and develop high-performance applications to support operations, planning, and business teams, with a focus on Golang and Python-based solutions.
• Build interface contracts, APIs, and related documentation for internal IT/Network and external vendor systems.
• Develop and implement software in test and production environments.
• Conduct code testing and reporting.
• Produce project and system documentation.
• Communicate and liaise effectively with peers, other teams, and management, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing.
  
  

What You Bring

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field.
• Established track record of building and launching software within testing and production contexts.
• Advanced proficiency in Golang and Python for scripting and application development in a Linux environment.
• Strong knowledge of IP and Internet Protocols relevant to team platforms.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycles (Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM).
• Experience working in project teams and collaborating effectively within teams.
• Clear written and spoken English communication skills.
  
  

The good stuff…

• Competitive remuneration and colleague discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and outstanding shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U’s industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through colleague-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.
  
  

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email [email protected] or call 1800 309 170.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity