Telstra

Software Engineering - Chapter Lead/ Engineer Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka Full time

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

22 Dec 2025 11:59pm

Job Title

Software Engineering - Chapter Lead/ Engineer Manager

Job Summary

As a Software Engineering Chapter Lead – Senior Lead, your role is two-fold where you combine your strong expertise in Software Engineering with people leadership. Through your passion for leadership you connect, engage and develop your chapter members so they deliver value aligned to Telstra’s strategic roadmap.

Through your initiative work, you act as a catalyst for the enterprise. You bring experience in the Software Engineering technical domain and work with multiple stakeholders to understand business needs, and help shape our Software Engineering strategy, solutions and capability to ensure we continuously deliver value to our customers.

Job Description

About Us:

At Telstra, our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. It's a future that won't happen on its own, it has to be delivered — and only Telstra can bring together all the parts to create it. Telstra is on a mission to redesign the way we all connect - with leading-edge technologies and solutions that are changing the world. And this is where YOU come in, by playing your part to building in help our customers connect: faster, better and smarter.

Why Telstra?

Telstra is a well-known Australian company that has been around for over 100 years. We are the leading telecommunications and technology company in Australia and have been operating internationally for over 70 years. We have a strong presence in over 20 countries. In India, we have offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi, as well as an Innovation and Capability Centre in Bangalore. We are focused on using innovation, automation, and technology to solve major technological challenges in areas such as IoT, 5G, AI, and machine learning. Joining Telstra gives you the chance to make a difference in the lives of millions of people and have a rewarding career with flexibility.

Role: Engineering Manager / Chapter Lead

  • Lead a high-performing Platform Engineering chapter, combining technical expertise with leadership to drive innovation and capability growth.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead & Inspire: Build a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance.

  • Coach & Develop: Mentor engineers, set clear goals, and enable career growth.

  • Strategic Leadership: Manage resource allocation, talent pipeline, and workforce planning.

  • Technical Excellence: Drive secure, scalable, and high-quality software solutions.

  • Innovation: Champion modern engineering practices and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.

Technical Leadership

  • Design and oversee full-stack architecture and integrations.

  • Ensure delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing systems.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Core Skills

  • 15+ years in Software Engineering.

  • Expertise in Java (17+), Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS/Cloud, CI/CD, Kubernetes.

  • Strong knowledge of Salesforce integrations, SQL/NoSQL, and container orchestration.

  • Hands-on experience with secure, fault-tolerant cloud systems.

Nice to Have

  • AWS serverless (Lambda, Step Functions), API Gateway (Apigee/Nginx), Security best practices.

What Makes You Successful

  • Passionate leader with strong stakeholder management.

  • Ability to define capability roadmaps and drive engineering excellence.                                       

What can we offer you?

At Telstra, you can thrive, your way. We foster new ideas, we embrace different ways of working and thinking, and we believe an inclusive and diverse team will lead us to innovate for the future.

​We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. To enable everyone to participate, we’ve developed an ‘All Roles Flex’ policy to consider flexible ways of working for every role. To learn more, visit our Telstra Careers Website: http://tel.st/allrolesflex