Senior Software Engineer - Android

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Who We Are

Telstra’s an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We’re Australia’s leading Telco + tech company, spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries.

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  

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you apply deep experience and technical know-how in the Software Engineering domain to:
• Design, build and maintain multiple complex software application technologies and their interaction with Telstra processes and systems
• Develop innovative software that maintains data/network security management, and leverage set processes to reduce the time between commission and production
• Authentically engage with and influence a multi-stakeholder landscape to translate customer needs into leading-edge software application products, services or systems that meet Telstra’s time, cost and quality standards
• Collaborate with team members and key stakeholders, seeking support, direction and buy-in to gather deep insights about the challenges and opportunities of our software application technologies and platforms
• Significantly contribute to continuous improvement initiatives of our systems and processes, to help define ‘best practice’ corporate testing standards and drive improved outcomes (e.g. productivity, customer experience and/or profitability)
• Lead initiatives or components of initiatives in line with the strategic direction of your team/mission, that have a significant degree of impact to the function or cross-functionally
• Take ownership of your own actions and decisions to drive positive outcomes within your team/mission, and provide guidance to more junior engineers in order to support their development and contribution to team/mission outcomes

About You

To be successful in the role, you'll bring skills and experience in:

Essential

• 5+ years developing mobile applications on the relevant platform (Android) as part of a delivery-focused software engineering team. The ideal candidate will have had some or all of the following experience:
• Mobile application design, development, and testing using native (Android technologies

• Experience with Android SDK & ADT
• Java & Kotlin development experience
• Experience utilizing standard Android APIs
• Strong Java development experience
• General optimization and debugging skills
• Component Management
• UX Design
• Testing frameworks

• Automated Testing frameworks, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Business Driven Development (BDD).
• Demonstrated Technical leadership at least at a project level.
• Experience working with Solution Design and Architecture teams
• Experience managing customer requirements and customer expectations
• Experience scheduling and estimating technical deliverables
• Experience working in both in-source and our-sourced delivery models
• Experience working with Agile delivery models, with a preference to Lean
• Experience Managing support activities in high availability, high transaction production systems
• Experience in developing applications for the Cloud
• Strong experience in software development environments for high availability J2EE platforms
• Strong experience developing and integrating with web services in a Linux and/or Solaris environment
• You will have current knowledge of software engineering standards, tools, and best practices in particular in a Java environment
• A deep appreciation of platform architecture and technology, the process of software deployment, and environment management.
• Experience in service-oriented concepts in particular microservices
• Code and configuration deliverables for items on the Program of Work
• Track record working with Architecture groups to achieve best of breed and best-fit solutions
• Track record working with peer technology teams to achieve best of breed and best-fit solutions and to deliver software on time, budget, and to specification

Highly Desirable

• Bachelor of Computing Sciences / Engineering
• Bachelor of Business Computing and Information Management

What we offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Up to 26 weeks maternity leave provided to the birth mother with benefits for all child births
• Up to 16 weeks paid paternity leave provided to the non-birthing partners
• Employees are entitled to 21 paid annual leaves per calendar year
• Eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of paid sick / casual leave per calendar year
• Relocation support options across India, from junior to senior positions within the company
• Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances

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

We’re amongst the top 2% of companies globally in the CDP Global Climate Change Index 2023, being awarded an ‘A’ rating.  If you want to work for a company that cares about sustainability, 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 abilities 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.