Job Description

Employment Type Permanent
Closing Date 16 Sept 2025 11:59pm
Job Title Senior Software Engineer
Job Summary As a Senior Software Engineer, you thrive on understanding and translating customer needs into new products and capability. You apply deep technical expertise and experience in software application layer solutions, to develop and deliver scalable design blueprints across the end-to-end software development life cycle. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset, collaboration and influencing skills are critical to success in this role.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with product owners, designers, and stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
Help Mentor junior people within the team.
In-depth knowledge of AEM architecture, components, templates, and workflows.
Proficiency in using AEM tools, including the AEM Developer Console and CRXDE.
Design and implement responsive user interfaces using modern front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript and front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).
Ability to create and customize AEM components.
Understanding of Sightly (AEM's templating language) / HTL (HTML Template Language).
Proficiency in developing Servlets, listeners and workflows in Java for AEM - to achieve automation.
Develop server-side applications and RESTful APIs using back-end technologies such as Java.
Integrate front-end and back-end components to create a seamless user experience.
Ensure the application's performance, security, and scalability meet industry best practices and project requirements.
Test and debug web applications to identify and resolve issues.
Continuously improve and refactor code for better performance and maintainability.
Actively participating in code reviews and giving constructive feedback.
Stay up to date with latest technologies, frameworks, and industry trends.

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
Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners, designers, and stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• Help Mentor junior people within the team.

• In-depth knowledge of AEM architecture, components, templates, and workflows.

• Proficiency in using AEM tools, including the AEM Developer Console and CRXDE.

• Design and implement responsive user interfaces using modern front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript and front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).

• Ability to create and customize AEM components.

• Understanding of Sightly (AEM's templating language) / HTL (HTML Template Language).

• Proficiency in developing Servlets, listeners and workflows in Java for AEM - to achieve automation.

• Develop server-side applications and RESTful APIs using back-end technologies such as Java.

• Integrate front-end and back-end components to create a seamless user experience.

• Ensure the application's performance, security, and scalability meet industry best practices and project requirements.

• Test and debug web applications to identify and resolve issues.

• Continuously improve and refactor code for better performance and maintainability.

• Actively participating in code reviews and giving constructive feedback.

• Stay up to date with latest technologies, frameworks, and industry trends.

Essential skills

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with more than 8+ years' experience and a strong portfolio.

• Ability to see beyond the task and question any irregularities.

• Ability to analyse impact of work beyond scope given.

• Big-picture mindset / Problem solving skills / Open mindedness / Self-reliance.

• Online application development principles and patterns/models

• Understanding of content focused development

• AEM technologies; AEM 6.x, JCR, OSGi Framework, Apache Sling Framework, AEM 6 Sightly, Content fragments, Workflow, AEM Caching strategy.

• AEM Environment architecture; author, publish, dispatcher, replicator agents - content states and behaviours,

• Java and related technologies; Java/J2EE, XML, JSP, JSTL & json

• HTML5, CSS 3, SASS, SCSS, Javascript, TypeScript, Web Accessibility, SEO

• Single page application and javascript framework like React js, bootstrap, AJAX, RESTful client

• Knowledge of accessibility tools and guidelines.

• Ability to fix SonarQube issues.

• Experience with Postman.

• Knowledge and experience of REST APIs and Apigee.

Desirable skills

• Strong understanding or experience with UX and/or Visual Design specialties.

• Experience with CI/CD practices and automation tools.

• Experience writing developer centric documentation.

• Requirements analysis and design

• Demonstrable experience in Tier 2 application development principles and patterns/models

• Test automation technologies: JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, selenium, Jest

• Demonstrable experience/familiarity in: Agile methodology, Scrum, Jira, GIT, Bamboo and ansible scripts, New Relic

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.

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