Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

15 Apr 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer, you thrive on understanding and translating customer needs into new products and capability. You apply deep technical expertise and experience in software application layer solutions, to develop and deliver scalable design blueprints across the end-to-end software development life cycle. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset, collaboration and influencing skills are critical to success in this role.

Job Description

About the company :

Telstra is a leading telecommunications and technology company with a proudly Australian heritage and a longstanding, growing international business. Today, Telstra International has over 3,200 employees based in more than 30 countries outside of Australia, providing services to thousands of businesses, government, carrier, and OTT customers. Over several decades, Telstra has established the largest wholly owned subsea cable network in the Asia-Pacific, with a unique and diverse set of infrastructure that offers access to the most intra-Asia lit capacity. Telstra empowers businesses with innovative technology solutions including data and IP networks, and network application services such as managed networks, security, unified communications, cloud, industry solutions, integrated software applications, and services.

Focus of the Role

To design, build and support service assurance capabilities as a part of high performance software engineering team, delivering competitive advantage and enabling profitable growth, whilst managing the end-to-end development, delivery, technical design authority, integration requirements and lifecycle management of capabilities which expose reusable APIs for multiple internal and external consumers

What You’ll Do  

Collaborate with product owners, designers, and stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Design and implement responsive user interfaces using modern front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).Develop server-side applications and RESTful APIs using back-end technologies such as Java and Spring Boot. Integrate front-end and back-end components to create a seamless user experience. Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs, Perform database design and development, including data modeling, queries, and optimization. Ensure the application's performance, security, and scalability meet industry best practices and project requirements. Test and debug web applications to identify and resolve issues. Continuously improve and refactor code for better performance and maintainability. Actively participating in code reviews and giving constructive feedback. Collaborate with DevOps engineers for smooth deployment and release processes. Stay up to date with latest technologies, frameworks, and industry trends. Participate in code reviews, provide feedback, and mentor junior developers. Organize and conduct showcases for product owners and stakeholders.

About You

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field (preferred but not required).Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with more than 9+ years' experience and a strong portfolio.

Experience in Java 17+/Kotlin/Spring Boot, and ReactJS/JavaScript(ES6)/Angular

Good experience in developing and designing microservices, Restful webservices and exposing APIs on API Gateway (eg: APIGEE)

Solid knowledge of database technologies like, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Knowledge of Java Testing frameworks like Junit 4/5, Mockito, Wire Mock Knowledge of React Testing frameworks like React Testing Library (RTL), Jest Proficiency in front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, SASS, Webpack Experience meeting WCAG Accessibility (A) standards'/PCF or any Cloud Experience is must.

Agile Scrum experience.

Desirable Skills:

Strong understanding or experience with UX and/or Visual Design specialties.

Experience with CI/CD practices and automation tools.

Typescript, Micro-frontends

Knowledge of jvm and performance tuning of application

Experience writing developer centric documentation

Experience with Jira and Confluence or similar tools

If you are looking to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you

As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.  

As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition team via the contact details found at www.telstra.com.au/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/disability-employment