About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Description

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life. Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Perks

- Flex Your Way - Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
- Wellbeing That Matters - Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
- Learn Without Limits - Access over 120000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
- Work That Makes an Impact - Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
- Build Your Future - Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
- And Much More - These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About The Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment.



In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes. Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end to end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will design, develop and support software solutions that enable reliable business and customer outcomes. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will contribute across the software lifecycle, from requirements analysis and solution design through to testing, deployment and ongoing support.

- Develop, test and maintain secure, scalable and maintainable software applications, services and system interfaces.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers,



testers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Investigate defects and performance issues, complete root-cause analysis and implement sustainable improvements.
- Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and continuous improvement of engineering practices.

About You

You bring practical software development experience and a considered approach to solving technical problems. You work collaboratively, communicate clearly and understand how quality engineering practices contribute to dependable solutions.

Essential

- Experience developing software using contemporary programming languages and frameworks, with exposure to Java, Spring Boot, React or similar technologies.
- Understanding of software design principles, secure coding, source control and application lifecycle practices.
- Ability to interpret requirements and contribute to clear, maintainable and appropriately documented software solutions.
- Experience with unit testing, integration testing, defect resolution and participation in peer code reviews.
- Ability to investigate and troubleshoot software issues with guidance from senior engineers.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Agile or iterative delivery team and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Advantageous

- Exposure to API development, system integration, microservices or external data sources.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code and Git-based workflows, using tools such as Jenkins or Ansible.
- Exposure to containerisation and modern deployment e

📌 Software Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Leidos Australia
📍 Melbourne