At Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) our purpose is to 'open up the world for those who want to see'. Every day, we give people all around the world the opportunity to experience something amazing – travel!
In this role you will focus on defining the software design patterns, software domains, components and behaviours to ensure effective delivery of software. As our successful candidate you will focus on building quality, scalable, reusable and maintainable web applications.
Day to day:
Software Design
- Part of product discovery and planning sessions
- Creating cloud-native architectures with simplicity and reuse at the forefront of our software designs
- Creating software designs of major software components, systems, and features
- Collaborating with Solution Architects, Technical Leads and Engineers to agree upon architectural solutions & standards
- Documentation and presentation of solutions in sufficient detail to allow an estimation of the effort required for delivery
- Presenting solutions across our global architecture review board including security, data, infrastructure and application architectures
- Design and build efficient, testable and maintainable cloud solutions with the right balance between solving the problem at hand and not overengineering your solution
- Research technologies and trends to contribute to our solutions
- Maintain and improve our documentation across code bases, architectures and our knowledge bases
- Be an expert in your domain, live and breathe the product, advocating the customer’s voice
Solution Delivery
- Supporting Teams in understanding the dependencies between systems impacted by the solution to allow for effective planning
- Assisting Teams in identifying risks and issues relating to the solution and any dependencies on other initiatives
- Ensuring that the engineering team fully understands the solution and elaborating on the solution design where required to achieve this goal
- Supporting the engineering teams in diagnosing and resolving architectural and technical issues in a consultative capacity throughout the project
- Create and communicate architecture decisions, best practices and patterns to the wider engineering teams
- Work closely with product to ensure our architecture roadmaps are progressively and incrementally built into our product lifecycle
You'll be perfect for the role if you have:
- 3+ years experience as a technical lead or technical architect
- Strong knowledge in software engineering with extensive experience working with cross-functional teams in designing and delivering end-toned software
- Strong experience with designing and delivering cloud-native applications that are built for global scale, reliable, secure and performant
- Strong knowledge in architecture styles, such as Services-Oriented
- Architecture & Micro-Service based Architectures and Software Design Patterns
- PCI DSS/GDPR compliance experience
- Experience with data architecture, data platforms, tools, and data design concepts
- Experience with databases and middleware
Desired:
- Exposure to the following areas: Kubernetes, ElasticSearch, Redis and AWS services such as EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, and Cloudfront
- Experience with PCI/GDPR compliance
- Experience with observability tools, such as logging (Splunk, Kibana) and monitoring (New Relic)
What you will enjoy:
🙋🏾♀️Culture: you will be employed by an inclusive company that offers a team culture like no other in the industry - Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is proud to be a certified Great Place To Work® Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd
🎉Development: Individualised, ongoing Learning & Development via communities of practice. Dedicated time to learn, share and collaborate skills, interests and goals, as well as contribute your own expertise and insights of others.
⭐Innovation Days where you have the opportunity to create, collaborate, and bring innovative concepts to life!
🧑💻Dedicated Engineering Days, often hosted by technology partners off-site, where staff have an opportunity to increase knowledge and skills, and test out new and exciting technologies.
🔧Access to learning tools such as Udemy for ongoing technical skills development
♀️Women in PM&E group - this comprehensive program aims to foster gender diversity and empower and support women in their pursuit of successful careers in technology. It encompasses a variety of initiatives, workshops, mentorship opportunities, and networking events.
🏆Exclusive Staff Discounts: Accessible via our employee-only portal with 350+ of Australia’s leading retailers, health and wellness discounts, financial planning advice, employee share plan and more
🌏Travel Discounts: Including family and friends - flights, hotels, tours, cruises, travel insurance and more
💎Brightness of Future: Career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe - we promote from within
🥦Corporate Health Discounts: Access exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA, access to internal gym
🌞Mental Health: Support and Employee Assistance Program for staff and family
🎉Social: Regular awards nights, social team-building and industry events, with the opportunity to attend global conferences (Los Angeles in 2025)
🙏🏼 Giving Back: Corporate Social Responsibility program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, volunteering and fundraising; paid parental and volunteer leave
💚Sustainability: The protection of our environment is essential to the future of tourism, as a leading travel group, we have made efforts to affect positive change to the environment
Irreverence. Ownership. Egalitarianism.
Our Talent Acquisition Team kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Flight Centre Travel Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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