Software Engineer

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We're Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we've flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.

Our people are the real jet stars

Job Description

• Support the Technical Services for Jetstar Airline Operations
• Full time permanent role based at our Jetstar HQ in Melbourne
• Staff Travel Benefit from Day one

Love travel and passionate about all things aviation. You're in the right place. At Jetstar, you get to takeoff at work, and in life.

As a team, we're lucky we get to do both for a living – and we want you to be part of where we go next. Helping our teammates soar is what we're all about. And with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft, plus new routes being added, the sky's the limit.

Takeoff with your next opportunity

As a Software Engineer you will design, develop, and maintain cloud-enabled applications ensuring they are scalable, secure, and maintainable.

You will write clean, efficient, and well-documented code; identify and implement enhancements to optimise system performance and maintainability, and collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and support projects throughout their lifecycle.

The role will report into the Integration Dev Lead, Airline Operations Technology where you will leverage cloud platform services and infrastructure-as- code tools to build, manage, and secure scalable software.

Key Result Areas

• Enhance software performance and scalability through sound architectural and coding practices.
• Adhere to established governance standards, methodologies, work practices and toolsets to deliver reliable system outcomes.
• Business Requirements Gathering, Documentation & Analysis, Produce and maintain technical documentation such as scopes of work and technical specifications or the development team
• Drive program initiatives to optimise business planning, governance frameworks, and delivery quality
• Team membership, demonstrate solid networking, integration, and collaboration skills across delivery, development, and technical support teams

Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud technologies and ability to design, develop, and deploy applications using native services, serverless frameworks, and containerized environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, DevOps and cloud infrastructure and platforms (AWS,Azure)
• Proficiency in Linux and server system administration
• Expertise in MS SQL, GitHub, Github actions, ArgoCD for CI/CD pipelines and code scanning tools (Veracode, CodeQL)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Software Development Industry
• Splunk & Datadog Skills: Ability to utilise, implement and configure Splunk and Datadog to monitor application performance, analyse logs, and enable proactive issue detection
• Use of collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Slack for effective team communication and project management
• Experience in working and delivering outcomes in large scale technology project initiatives
• Aviation Experience and familiarity with Crew Rostering and Flight Scheduling

Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other

Put the craft in aircraft: There's a new fleet of A321LR NEO's waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our teams get exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group's A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.

Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There's a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.

We're Jetstar. Let's takeoff together

We can't wait to hear from you. Apply now

Applications will close on Friday the 5th of September

Seniority level

• Seniority levelAssociate

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesAirlines and Aviation

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