Software Engineer

Full time fixed term until July 2025

At Telstra Health we believe health technology has the potential to be the great enabler for transforming the way healthcare is delivered. With the backing of our parent company Telstra, we’re all about combining technology and innovation to deliver significant, scalable solutions for improving patient and clinician experiences and health outcomes.​

Join us in improving care through technology!

What’s the opportunity?

This role will design, develop and maintain software applications that are useable, robust and scalable. You will implement best practice design and user experience, ensuring that the software meets both functional and non-functional requirement of Telstra Health and its customers. Analysing requirements and developing documents which specify solutions to these requirements is key.

Please note this is a Full-time fixed term until July 2025.

About the role:

• Produce secured, high performance, maintainable code using industry best practices
• Ensure that developed software meets the business aims of the company and its customers.
• Participate in the entire software development lifecycle from the concept state through to release
• Work with QA, BA, developers and UX to ensure development quality is maintained at the highest standard
• Provide technical solutions in terms of code, design and industry best practices to ensure a quality product.
• Document technical designs to enable stakeholders and governance teams to review and endorse solutions being implemented.
• Development of new functionality as well as refactoring, troubleshooting and addressing defects found
• Keeps abreast of new technology and consider using it where appropriate.
• Provides guidance and direction to other developers.

About you:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (technology)
• Min 4+ years’ experience in software development, including exposure to all facets of the SDLC.
• Clear understanding and experience of working in Agile Software development framework specially particularly TDD / BDD
• Strong experience with Web application using Java, Spring, Hibernate, JDBC
• Proven experience on HTML 5 and CSS/SCSS.
• Strong experience with at least one modern front end framework such as Angular, React, Stencil
• Database development using a relational database
• End to end software integration.
• Development testing knowledge - Unit testing

Highly regarded:

• Health industry and integration (HL7, FHIR) experience desired but nor mandatory.
• Java certifications in software development or database development.

Why join Telstra Health:

• We believe that flexibility is not a ‘perk’, it’s how we have always worked! We celebrate that flexibility looks different for each of us and support your work-life harmony.
• Join us if you find change, a fast-paced environment and even some ambiguity thrilling! Our entrepreneurial spirit and genuine desire to make a difference is one of a kind and the work we do is not only meaningful but also exciting and new!
• Holding on to good talent is important to us. We support our exceptional people forge career paths internally. Our People Leaders are committed to continuously enhancing their team members, celebrating successes and identifying growth opportunities.
• If you want to join the incredible team that is helping to solve some of the biggest challenges faced by the health and aged care sector today, we are the right place for you!

And it doesn’t stop there…

• Avenues for growth and stepping into other roles.
• 30% discount on Telstra services including home broadband and post-paid mobiles.
• Free 24/7 professional and confidential support for you and your family through EAP
• Employee rewards program that includes discounts on shopping, gym memberships, movie tickets, health insurance and more
• Multiple leave options including 16 weeks gender-equal paid parental, family and domestic violence leave, cultural, volunteer, study leave, as well as the option to purchase additional leave.

We are passionate about creating an environment that's inclusive and supportive. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those caring for and living with disability to apply. Even if you don’t check every box above, we encourage you to apply today or get in touch with us on Recruitment@health.telstra.com

Applications will be assessed and shortlisted as they are received so apply today!

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer. We commit to respond to every applicant, and you will hear back from us soon.

Learn more about how Telstra Health is improving lives through digitally-enabled care here.