Principal engineer - south bank, qld

Principal Engineer - South Bank, QLD

Job no: 530281

Brand: Product and Technology

Work type: Full time, Hybrid

Location: Queensland

Categories: Digital and Technology

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!

Integrations Services is at the heart of Flight Centre and is responsible for the Common Core services that power Flight Centre. We create the Booking Management capability which enables our brands and experience teams to effectively search, cart, book and manage our travel products.

You'll work alongside Technical Leads, Engineers and business stakeholders to craft architectural solutions that deliver on our business objectives. With strong business acumen and a pragmatic approach to decision‐making, you'll ensure technical choices are always grounded in customer and commercial outcomes.

You'll enjoy getting your hands dirty, improving our developer experience, tooling, pipelines and ways of working, while validating ideas through spikes and prototypes. You will also bring a strong bias for action and lead by doing, not just directing.

If you would like to work on meaningful products with real customer impact and be part of a collaborative, agile, and globally connected engineering community, we encourage you to apply!

Day to day:

• Shape technical strategy through hands‐on involvement in product discovery, prototyping and planning
• Design pragmatic, cloud‐native architectures with a focus on simplicity, reuse, testability, performance and stability
• Lead data‐oriented architectural design, defining how data is produced, owned and transformed across business processes
• Validate and evolve architectural decisions through spikes, proofs of concept and close collaboration with engineers and technical leads
• Champion adoption of AI and agentic capabilities in engineering workflows, leveraging emerging technologies to improve delivery and impact
• Stay close to delivery and the code, supporting teams with system dependencies, risk identification and production readiness
• Establish and promote architectural patterns, standards and best practices that scale across teams and domains
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders, empowering teams to make sound architectural decisions within clear security and stability guardrails
• Continuously improve engineering quality, developer experience, tooling, pipelines and ways of working through hands‐on contribution

You'll be perfect for the role if you have:

• 3+ years experience as a Technical Lead or Technical Architect
• Experience in transactional domains such as bookings, payments, e‐commerce where data integrity and financial accountability are critical
• Broad experience across diverse technology stacks with the ability to assess trade‐offs across languages, paradigms, hosting models and data storage approaches
• Strong experience designing and delivering cloud‐native applications built for global scale, reliability, security and performance
• Strong knowledge of architecture styles including SOA, micro‐services and common software design patterns
• Holistic understanding of the full software lifecycle including CI/CD, observability, production support, reporting and developer tooling
• Experience in Node.js, Kubernetes, ElasticSearch, Redis and AWS services such as EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3 and CloudFront
• Demonstrated experience applying AI‐assisted development practices and a strong point of view on embedding AI and agentic capabilities into engineering workflows
• Proven ability to partner with and influence senior business stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience with PCI/GDPR compliance
• Experience with observability tools such as logging (Splunk, Kibana) and monitoring (New Relic)
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architecture

Benefits

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.

Our People: FCTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging all suitably qualified applicants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people from racial, ethnic or ethno‐religious minority groups, and people with disability.

Development: Individualised, ongoing Learning & Development via communities of practice. Dedicated time to learn, share and collaborate skills, interests and goals, and contribute your own expertise and insights to 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 technologies.

Access to LinkedIn Learning for ongoing skills development: over 24,500 courses in over 20 languages.

Women in PM&E group – a comprehensive program that fosters gender diversity and empowers and supports women in their pursuit of successful careers in technology. It includes initiatives, workshops, mentorship opportunities, and networking events.

Exclusive Staff Discounts: Accessible via our employee‐only portal with 350+ Australian 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.

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 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.

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.

Equality and diversity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that 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.