Principal Platform Software Engineer

As a Principal Platform Software Engineer in Product & Technology, you will be at the heart of creating and shaping the software that powers our products and platforms - mainly those used by the team, but sometimes ones that reach beyond Telstra. Your hands-on experience and technical leadership help guide how we build and improve our systems, ensuring we're always raising the bar and staying ahead of the curve.

While you won't be writing code every single day, you'll still jump in when needed and play a key role in reviewing your team's work; making sure our solutions are robust, practical, and built to last. You're someone who thrives on learning and leading by example, helping others grow and making a real impact on the tools and technologies we rely on.

Your deep technical skills and experience in leading the software development lifecycle, continuous learning mindset, and focus on team leadership are critical to success in this role.

What we offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• 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
• Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances

What you'll do

• Own engineering quality and outcomes across multiple platforms or microservice portfolios, shaping end-to-end architecture and system effectiveness.
• Lead hands-on activities, from proof of concept to design reviews and urgent operational challenges, driving innovative solutions.
• Adapt quickly to diverse technologies-legacy, SaaS, or emerging like GenAI-bringing modern engineering practices to varied environments.
• Guide cross-team decision making based on sound engineering principles, balancing technical needs over delivery timing.
• Collaborate with product owners to shape and prioritise technical roadmaps, aligning executive stakeholders around key trade-offs.
• Deliver expert advice in architecture and solution design, resolving complex challenges in performance, security, and business impact.
• Model commercial thinking across teams, effectively balancing cost and value for impactful outcomes; experienced in engaging broad stakeholder groups.
• Drive organisation-wide testing strategy using metrics to identify gaps, tailoring frameworks for large, multi-team missions, and extending Telstra testing capabilities.
• Maintain cutting-edge expertise in platform engineering and emerging technologies, actively coaching and mentoring peers.
• Ensure robust, production-ready code with thorough error and edge case handling, applying systematic debugging across related domains.

About you

• It's an essential requirement you are currently based in Bengaluru, for in-person connects with your colleagues. Due to the seniority of this role, please only apply if you're based in Bangalore
• 15+ years in Software Engineering and DevOps, with strong expertise in Java, Python, and additional programming languages, as well as and front-end technologies, understanding full stack relationships.
• Skilled in API frameworks, microservices, and Spring Boot
• Proficient in deployment, automation, and configuration management tools.
• Hands-on experience in capability development, cloud-native solutions, code reviews, and secure coding practices.
• Proven track record in agile project delivery and leadership, with a focus on coaching and strategic alignment.
• Experience in delivering projects as part of an agile team.
• Excellent leadership skills with a focus on coaching, strong decision making and ability to align the vision and strategy.

To be considered for this role, please ensure you have attached and up to date CV.