Senior Software Engineer
Hays Melbourne CBD, Melbourne
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Hays is hiring a part-time Senior Software Engineer in Melbourne CBD, Melbourne (hybrid). The ad names Java, Jira, Agile and Scrum.
17 other software engineer jobs are open in Australia on our board.
- Company
- Hays
- Location
- Melbourne CBD, Melbourne
- Type
- Part-time
- Salary
- Not listed
- Posted
- Oct 8, 2026 (3 weeks ago)
- Listed until
- Nov 7, 2026
- Category
- IT Jobs
At a glance
What the ad asks for and offers, pulled out so you can scan it.
- Work setting
- Hybrid
- Licenses
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- Security clearance
Job insights
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Job and salary data: Adzuna
Skills this posting mentions
- Java
- Agile
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Stakeholder management
- Organization
- Leadership
- Scrum
- Jira
- Reliability
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Skills most often asked for in Software Engineer postings
Share of the 342 Software Engineer postings we collected that mention each skill.
- Collaboration 60%
- Communication 33%
- Python 31%
- Problem solving 27%
- CI/CD 26%
This ad mentions none of these 5.
Top resume keywords for software engineersPay compared with similar jobs
A$104,500 median a year
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From the employer's posting
Hays's ad, in their words.
Show the full posting
12 month long-term contract with extension options
Hybrid Working ArrangementsDaily Rates-800–$1000 per day
Applicants must be Australian citizens and able to obtain and maintain a security clearance. Your new company
An excellent opportunity is available for a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to strategic technology and digital initiatives within a complex, regulated environment. This is an opportunity to join a highly respected engineering organisation operating within the Air Traffic Management, Flight Control and Aerospace domain. The organisation has approximately 500 employees globally, with around 80% of the engineering capability based in Australia.
Your new role
Working closely with business stakeholders, technical specialists, project teams, vendors and delivery partners, you will:
- Designing and delivering software to meet requirements including architecture, design, reuse, development, integration and verification
- Defining and tailoring the software engineering environment and the process, practices and tools applicable to the project
- Ensuring that the designed solution is developed according to design, schedule, cost and quality expectations
- Identifying risks, and proposing effective solutions; executing mitigation actions and reporting on outcomes and residual risks
- The ideal candidate will come from a complex, engineering-led environment where software is developed for mission-critical or safety-critical systems. Strong backgrounds include industries such as aerospace, defence, aviation, air traffic management, telecommunications, rail signalling, industrial control systems, embedded systems, real-time systems, and safety-critical software engineering
As part of your technical leadership you are also accountable for
- Providing technical leadership and training on technical tasks (complex logical & numerical algorithms / performance issues / external interfaces / …) and technical reviews (workshops, peer reviews and project reviews).
What you'll need to succeed
To be considered, you will have: Must-have
- Language: deep knowledge of Java
- IDE/CICD Tools: GITLab, Gradle, Cucumber, JIRA, IDEs (Eclipse, IntelliJ, VSCode)
- Experience with formal software engineering process and experience in the whole lifecycle
- writing & reviewing design, requirements, tests and code
- TDD approach
- Experience in working large scale and distributed systems, being part of a greater whole than your component team or feature team.
- Agile methodology: Scrum
- Devops culture and CICD methodologies
- Language: any others
- Framework: Micro services, Swing, JavaFX, Core Java
- Environment: Kubernetes, Helm, Kafka, RHEL, Rocky Linux
- Scaled agile experience: Less, SAFe or other
- ATM domain knowledge
- Experience in software development in a critical safety environment
Experience within complex and engineering-focused, involving large-scale, mission-critical systems where reliability, safety and performance are paramount. This is not a typical web development environment. Engineers are expected to understand the business domain, operational logic and system behaviour, rather than simply working with a technology stack.
What you'll get in return
- Two potential 12-month extensions.
- Opportunities available for Melbourne Based Applicants only.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to neeta.sharma@hays.com.au .#3021700
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