Newly created permanent role, based out of Virgin Australia's Brisbane or Sydney office.

Hello. We're Virgin Australia. We're the airline that's always done things a little different. Our way. The Virgin way. We're on a mission to make flying better than 'nice'. And to do that, it takes a team of talented people who are passionate about customer experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on safety, in the air, on the ground and in our workplaces. A team who values real diversity and inclusion, in a big brand with big ambitions.

What You'll Be Doing

As Senior Engineer, Integration, you'll design and build the integration services that connect critical platforms across Virgin Australia and Velocity Frequent Flyer. This is a hands-on senior engineering role where you'll be involved in API design, development and technical discovery, working as part of a cross-functional delivery team, contributing to stand-ups, planning sessions and other agile ceremonies while helping shape secure, scalable and reliable integration solutions.

You'll

- Design and develop APIs, microservices and event-driven integration solutions
- Write testable, scalable and efficient code and lead code reviews
- Use approved AI-assisted engineering tools to support technical discovery, API design, and implementation
- Use AI-assisted code review to identify potential defects, security risks, performance issues and non-compliance with engineering standards
- Share effective AI engineering practices and mentor engineers in the safe and responsible use of AI tools
- Work across both synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns
- Build cloud-based microservices using Java and Spring Boot




- Design and implement integrations on microservices based architecture, running at scale across AWS and Kubernetes environments
- Work with systems integration, Spring Boot, APIs (SOAP, REST), API Management platform (Apigee), event streaming (Kafka) and containerisation (Kubernetes / Docker)
- Contribute to layered microservice architectures, including Experience, Business, Domain and Adapter API layers
- Take part in technical discovery, solution design and estimation when required
- Apply strong engineering practices across code quality, testing, automation, CI/CD and documentation
- Support production readiness, observability, resilience and ongoing service improvement
- Work closely with engineering leads, peers, testing teams, delivery teams and offshore team
- Communicate technical decisions, risks and dependencies clearly across teams
- Mentor other engineers and contribute to stronger engineering standards and reusable integration patterns

You’ll Be Great in This Role if You Have

- Extensive experience in software engineering, with strong experience in the integration space
- Practical experience using AI coding assistants across software design, development, testing, code review and documentation




- The ability to write clear technical context and instructions that produce useful, repeatable AI-assisted outcomes
- Experience creating reusable AI-assisted development workflows, prompts or team guidance will be highly regarded
- Deep hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Strong experience designing and developing APIs and microservices
- Experience with event-driven integration and Kafka
- Experience working with Kubernetes and cloud-based microservice environments
- A solid understanding of layered API and microservice architecture
- Experience with OpenAPI and API-first design practices
- Strong knowledge of software engineering practices, testing, CI/CD, observability and production support
- The ability to work collaboratively across onshore and offshore teams
- Clear communication skills and confidence engaging with leads, peers, testers and delivery stakeholders
- A team-first mindset, strong technical judgement and a practical approach to problem-solving

Experience working in a high-volume, customer-facing or regulated environment will be highly regarded.

Advantages

- Discounted flights for you and your loved ones, including $1,000 worth of travel credits per year
- A flexible, hybrid work style based out of Brisbane's South Bank office or Sydney CBD office
- Discounts on travel insurance, lounge membership, car hire, accommodation and experiences worldwide
- Free counselling and access to a wellbeing app to support physical, mental, social and financial health
- 'Dress for Your Day', giving you the freedom to wear whatever makes you feel great for the work you do

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📌 Senior Integration Engineer (Queensland)
🏢 Aviation Careers Australia
📍 Queensland