Engineer Fcm Travel – Melbourne, Australia
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
The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading high‑performing engineering teams to deliver quality software platforms that achieve business outcomes. This role focuses on people leadership, delivery management, and technical excellence while ensuring systems are secure, performant and maintainable.
Day To Day
* Lead one or more engineering teams, overseeing hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for direct reports.
* Build and maintain a high-performing engineering culture centred on autonomy, collaboration and psychological safety.
* Partner with product, business and engineering stakeholders to deliver business outcomes, support agile practices, remove blockers and manage dependencies to maintain delivery momentum.
* Monitor and improve delivery predictability, team velocity and sprint outcomes.
* Define engineering strategy and technical direction while collaborating with Tech Leads to establish and uphold standards, code quality practices and best‑practice engineering approaches.
* Oversee technical decisions and architecture reviews while driving and prioritising technical improvements, platform enhancements and technical debt reduction.
* Ensure systems are high quality, secure, performant and maintainable, and stay current with technology trends to identify opportunities to introduce new technologies that enhance product delivery and team capability.
* Manage team capacity planning and resource forecasting to meet delivery commitments, support budget management and cost optimisation, and report on team performance.
Qualifications
* Experience in developing and implementing engineering processes and procedures.
* Experience working in travel or other product‑lead environment at scale.
What You Will Enjoy
* Culture: an inclusive company that offers a unique team culture; Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is a certified Great Place to Work Australia New Zealand.
* Equal Opportunity Employer – encourages all suitably qualified applicants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people from racial, ethnic or ethno‑religious minority groups, and people with disability.
* Individualised, ongoing Learning & Development via communities of practice; dedicated time to learn, share and collaborate.
* Innovation Days to create, collaborate and bring innovative concepts to life.
* Dedicated Engineering Days, often hosted by technology partners off‑site, to increase knowledge and skills.
* Access to LinkedIn Learning for ongoing skills development and courses in multiple languages.
* Women in PM&E program fostering gender diversity with workshops, mentorship and networking.
* Employee and travel discounts.
* Career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe – promotion from within.
* Access to corporate health discounts and BUPA health insurance.
* Mental health support and Employee Assistance Program.
* Regular awards, social team‑building and industry events; opportunities to attend global conferences.
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