Principal Engineer, Mobile

Challenge yourself & add significant value to Qantas GroupAt Qantas Loyalty, our teams come together to create new and unique customer experiencesPermanent role based at our Mascot Campus.Qantas Loyalty is a high performing business and has a history of launching exciting new brands and services that make a difference to its millions of Frequent Flyer and Business Rewards members. Qantas Frequent Flyer and Qantas Business Rewards remain at the core of the program, while the business has evolved to include a number of new ventures and other businesses such as Qantas Money, Qantas Insurance, Qantas Hotels & Holidays and Qantas Wine.As a Principal Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the technical vision and strategy for our mobile app development projects. You will be responsible for leading a team of talented engineers, architecting scalable and robust solutions, and ensuring the highest standards of code quality and performance.You will have mastered 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. You should be confident to take on the most complex of technical solutions, yet humble enough to ask questions and assist with basic tasks for the good of the team.You will have a deep understanding of the business and customer value. You will work closely with a Product Manager and other stakeholders to maximise value and align with strategic business goals. Beyond your immediate teams, you will 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 or tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Engineering disciplineStrong demonstrated Experience in delivering Mobile appsDemonstrated ability leading technical members, while staying hands on technicallyStrong communication skills with the ability to communicate technical requirements effectively to the business and across multidisciplinary teamsStrong ability to forge and reinforce strong software engineering principles and best practicesProven experience in developing, deploying, debugging, and testing back-end services.Confidence in applying patterns, techniques and approaches that ensure high-quality, highly flexible software.The ability to balance technical and communication skills, and adjust to your audience.Attention to detail and a quality-focused mindset.An approachable attitude to educate, mentor and influence the team.Experience or interest in building and extending tooling and processes to improve developer productivity, delivery and consistency throughout the mobile teams.Demonstrated skills in modern versions of Java and Kotlin preferred.Some of the technologies you’ll be working with:Kotlin, JavaSwiftKtor, Spring BootSplunkGitHub ActionsWhy Qantas?You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.We love to travel: Enjoy 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: 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 for everything from motor vehicles to electronic devices.We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether its learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.Applications close on Sunday the 2nd of June 2024