Engineering Lead

• Lead the Mobile App team for Jetstar
• Full time permanent role based at our Jetstar HQ in Melbourne
• Staff Travel Benefit from Day one!

Love travel and passionate about all things aviation. Youre in the right place. At Jetstar you get to takeoff at work and in life.

As a team were lucky we get to do both for a living and we want you to be part of where we go next. Helping our teammates soar is what were all about. And with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft plus new routes being added the skys the limit.

Takeoff with your next opportunity

The Engineering Lead Mobile App at Jetstar Digital plays a key role in shaping the future of our customer-facing mobile experience. This role is responsible for driving the technical strategy development and delivery of the Jetstar mobile app as we transition from Capacitor JS to React Native and embark on a major expansion of customer-focused features.

Working with a globally distributed team across Melbourne Singapore and Bangkokincluding vendor partnersyou will lead the engineering function to deliver high-quality scalable solutions while fostering long-term growth and continuous innovation across the mobile platform.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a distributed team of mobile engineers across Melbourne Singapore and Bangkok including vendor delivery partners.
• Drive the development and delivery of Jetstars customer-facing mobile app ensuring performance scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Own the technical strategy for the mobile platform including the migration from Capacitor JS to React Native.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product design and other engineering domains (Customer Booking Payments) to align on goals and execution.
• Promote a culture of technical excellence through code reviews testing and modern CI/CD practices.
• Monitor and optimize app performance using Firebase and mobile analytics tools.
• Ensure effective delivery from offshore vendor teams by managing priorities quality and velocity.
• Maintain up-to-date technical documentation to support onboarding and long-term sustainability.
• Foster a high-performance team culture centered around innovation accountability and continuous learning.

Knowledge skills and experience:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
• 7 years of professional experience in software engineering with a focus on mobile app development.
• Proven hands-on expertise in React Native or equivalent cross-platform mobile frameworks.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering teams including distributed and vendor-based teams.
• Strong grasp of mobile architecture performance optimization and app lifecycle best practices.
• Proficiency in Firebase (Analytics Crashlytics Remote Config) and mobile tooling for monitoring and deployment.
• Experience working in agile environments and collaborating with product managers designers and backend engineers.
• Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines and tooling (e.g. Fastlane Bitrise GitHub Actions).
• Clear effective communication skills with the ability to influence and align technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving analytical and critical thinking abilities with a focus on delivering scalable solutions.

Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other

Put the craft in aircraft: Theres a new fleet of A321LR NEOs waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar our teams get exposure to projects related to the Qantas Groups A320/1 B787 and A321 Freighters.
Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

Theres a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements just reach out and let us know what you need.

Were Jetstar. Lets takeoff together

We cant wait to hear from you. Apply now 

Applications will close on Friday the 18th of July 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time