Senior Software Engineering Lead

Telstra is hiring a Senior Software Engineering Lead. Level rates it ; you can apply on Telstra.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting mentions TypeScript, Temporal and AWS among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
Telstra has 182 other open roles on Level.
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AI in this role

Lead software engineering role focused on orchestration systems, mentoring developers, and incorporating agentic AI workflows.

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Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

6 Nov 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior Software Engineering Lead

Job Summary

Working within the TRAMAS mission, this role will provide Senior Software Engineering Lead expertise to support the design, development and evolution of resilient and scalable orchestration solutions. The role will lead and mentor a geographically diverse team of Senior and Junior developers, while contributing hands-on technical expertise across the existing TRAMAS orchestration solution and the development of a new orchestration system utilising Temporal and micro-service architecture built upon TypeScript.

The role will work closely with the Product Owner, Service Designers, Product and System Owners, Architects, SMEs and Delivery Teams to design new transitions and workflows, support system integrations and resolve complex technical and operational issues. It will also contribute to the research and development of new orchestration technologies, observability platforms and Agentic AI workflows to enhance development capabilities.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

Lead and mentor a team of Senior and Junior geographically diverse developers in:

Building a new resilient and scalable TRAMAS orchestration system utilising Temporal and micro-service architecture built upon TypeScript.

Supporting, debugging and building workflows for the existing TRAMAS orchestration solution.

Providing level 4 support for errored transitions, utilising Splunk, AWS Console, MongoDB to identify root causes, and working with Service Designers, and North and South bound systems to ensure transitions progress in the correct manner.

Support the Product Owner and Service Designers in designing new transitions and workflows.

Support North and South bound Product and System owners to integrate with TRAMAS orchestration solutions.

Stand in for the TRAMAS Product Owner during periods of leave and unavailability.

Research and development of new Orchestration and related technologies.

Build, maintain and enhance observability platforms.

Setup and utilise Agentic AI Workflows to enhance development capabilities.

About you

Mandatory requirements:

Minimum 7 years of experience as a Solution Architect, designing and delivering complex enterprise software and cloud solutions.

Strong expertise in Cloud, Data & AI Engineering, including Generative AI, Agentic AI concepts, AI-assisted development, prompt engineering, observability, and AI cost optimisation.

Deep understanding of telecommunications transition management platforms and workflows, including service orchestration, order lifecycle management, activation, disconnection, and exception handling.

Proven experience with ACMA-regulated number porting processes, regulatory compliance requirements, and solution design within regulated environments.

Strong ability to analyze and resolve complex technical, operational, customer, and business issues, including root cause identification and risk assessment.

Ability to act as a trusted technical leader, providing guidance across architecture, solution design, business analysis, production support, and operational troubleshooting.

Experience collaborating with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, Architects, SMEs, and Delivery Teams to define technology strategy and roadmaps.

How we rate this

Senior Software Engineering Lead at Telstra rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Software Engineering Lead is an open job at Telstra.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in Australia (Flexible).
The job was posted on October 29, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Telstra. Apply on Telstra

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Tell me about a project where agentic ai was part of your work. What did you do?

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