Senior Software Engineer (Microservices)

Kia ora! Air New Zealand is on an accelerated journey to become the world's leading digital airline, and we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of digital products and platforms. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll influence the technical direction of critical platforms, solve complex engineering challenges, and help build the capabilities that power millions of customer journeys. You'll join our Software Engineering Chapter, where you'll collaborate with talented engineers, architects, and product teams while helping drive our evolution toward Agentic Software Engineering. Through AI-assisted tooling and intelligent workflows, you'll help unlock faster delivery, higher quality, and greater engineering impact across our teams. How you'll make an impact: Design and deliver scalable REST APIs and event-driven microservices that support millions of customer interactions Lead the development of cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS technologies Drive architecture decisions that improve reliability, security, scalability, and performance across distributed systems Mentor and coach engineers, fostering engineering excellence and knowledge sharing across the chapter Champion modern engineering practices, continuous improvement, and AI-assisted software development Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital products that create measurable customer value What we're looking for: Extensive backend software engineering experience within modern cloud environments Strong expertise designing APIs, distributed systems, and microservices architectures Deep experience with Java and Spring Boot Strong experience with AWS and event-driven technologies such as Kafka Proven ability to influence architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards Willingness to mentor others and enable high-performing engineering teams Curiosity for emerging technologies, including AI-enabled software engineer