Senior Java Engineer - South Bank, QLD

Job no: 532464
Brand: Product and Technology
Work type: Full time
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 prospect to experience something amazing – travel

We're looking for a Senior Java Engineer to help us build and scale a travel platform relied on by some of Australia's largest corporate operators. This is not a full stack role, it's a deep backend engineering position for someone who genuinely enjoys the hard problems: complex, high availability systems that process high volume travel booking at scale.

You'll be a key technical contributor on capabilities that matter, building the backend systems that give travel consultants and managers one consistent, reliable way of managing trips for our customers, rather than a patchwork of workarounds and exceptions. You won't be maintaining someone else's legacy code in isolation; you'll be designing and building new capability from the ground up, including change and cancellation support, waitlist management, and deep policy engine integration, then owning it end to end in production. This is a chance to make decisions that stick: the architecture you choose, the standards you set, and the patterns you introduce will shape how the platform evolves for years to come.

Day to day:

Core Backend Development

- Design, build, and own complex backend services and APIs using Java (Spring Boot / Spring Framework), with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and correctness
- Deliver new modules including: change and cancellation processing,



waitlist capability, and policy engine integration across the workforce travel platform
- Implement & consume RESTful APIs and SOAP/Web Services that integrate with airline GDS systems, internal booking engines, and third‑party workforce platforms
- Build robust, fault‑tolerant service components capable of handling high‑volume, time‑critical travel booking workflows

System Reliability & Observability

- Ensure the platform maintains high uptime, this is a mission‑critical system for workforce travel operations; downtime has direct operational impact
- Instrument services with Datadog, including APM tracing, custom metrics, log correlation, and dashboard creation to provide full observability across the travel workflow stack
- Define and monitor SLOs/SLIs, respond to incidents, and lead post‑incident reviews to drive continuous reliability improvement
- Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, memory issues, and degradation patterns before they impact customers

Architecture & Technical Leadership

- Lead technical design for new capabilities, producing clear architecture and API design documentation before implementation
- Conduct rigorous code reviews and hold the team to high standards for API design, exception handling, test coverage, and service contract quality




- Identify and reduce technical debt, particularly around legacy integration patterns, file‑based data exchange, and monolithic components
- Mentor and support junior and mid‑level engineers, particularly on Java best practices, Spring internals, and API design

DevOps & Delivery

- Champion DevOps practices across the team: CI/CD pipeline ownership, automated testing (unit, integration, contract), and deployment hygiene
- Collaborate with platform and cloud engineering on Azure‑based infrastructure, ensuring services are containerised, scalable, and maintainable
- Work closely with product managers and business stakeholders to translate complex travel workflow requirements into clean, maintainable backend logic
- Participate actively in agile delivery processes, sprint planning, refinement, retrospectives and drive continuous improvement

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

- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep expertise in Java (Java 11+, ideally Java 17 or 21)
- Proficient with AI coding tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot) and able to critically evaluate AI‑generated code in production contexts
- Expert‑level knowledge of the Spring ecosystem: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, and Spring Integration
- Strong track record designing and building complex REST APIs and Web Services (SOAP/WSDL); including versioning, contract design, and error handling at scale
- Proven ability to instrument and operate production systems using Datadog — APM, dashboards, monitors, log pipelines, and AI‑powered anomaly detection and forecasting features
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📌 Senior Java Engineer (Queensland)
🏢 Flight Centre Travel Group
📍 Queensland