Senior Software Engineer

Luxury Escapes; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount on Luxury Holidays

Meals provided 5 days a week

Health and well-being programs

Annual Hackathons

Birthday leave

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Luxury Escapes is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Sydney-based Technology Team and help build scalable systems for luxury travel experiences. You will collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver customer-focused solutions.

You will work with Node/Typescript, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS, and you will mentor juniors while promoting best practices in CI/CD and automated testing. This in-person role offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proficient in PostgreSQL and SQL performance tuning.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of scalable system architecture and trade-offs.
• Ability to mentor engineers and review code for quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software solutions with cross-functional teams to meet business needs.
• Apply industry standards and best practices, including TDD and CI/CD.
• Develop and maintain APIs for third-party integrations (airlines, hotels, payments).
• Monitor performance, reliability, and uptime; proactively resolve issues.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and participate in code reviews.

Skills

RESTful API design

Microservices

CI/CD

Automated testing

System architecture

Tools

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

AWS services (SQS, SNS, S3, Lambda)

Job description

Get ready to embark on an exciting journey with Luxury Escapes! We're thrilled to be expanding our Technology Team and are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineers to join our talented team!

Job Description

Be part of the team transforming global travel experiences!

Luxury Escapes is one of the world’s fastest-growing travel websites, with over 8 million members, recently winning the National Travel Industry Award for Most Outstanding Online Travel Agency! We are growing rapidly & seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Tours team.

Working at Luxury Escapes

Our mission is to delight our customers with incredible deals for the world's best holidays. We are a collective of forward-thinking people, driven to challenge the travel industry and ourselves to bring outstanding travel experiences to our customer community.

**Luxury Escapes is an in-person company. We work and collaborate together, face to face in our Barangaroo office**

About the team

Our cross-functional teams include Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers focused on delivering solutions and solving problems rather than simply completing tickets. The structure is flat, and the process is lean, with a culture of MVP, iteration, and "build, measure, learn" at the heart of everything we do. We share in-depth experience in Node/ Typescript, React, PostgreSQL, AWS SQS, SNS, S3 Lambda, and more.

Our team members value engineering excellence, and as part of your role, you'll have dedicated time to focus on pushing the boundaries of engineering quality and development experience.

If you are a dynamic and driven Senior Software Engineer with a proven track record in architecting scalable and high-performing systems, we invite you to join us in our mission to elevate luxury travel.

What you'll do

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to design and develop software solutions that meet business needs and deliver value to customers.
• Apply best practices and industry standards for software development, such as agile methodologies, test-driven development, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
• Implement and maintain APIs to enable integration with third-party services, such as airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and payment processors.
• Monitor system performance and reliability, and proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure maximum uptime and customer satisfaction.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior software engineers and participate in code reviews & other quality assurance activities to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of SQL, specifically PostgreSQL, for database management.
• Familiarity with RESTful API design principles and implementation.
• Elasticsearch or OpenSearch experience is highly desirable
• Experience in automated testing and continuous integration processes.
• Knowledge and experience working with microservices architecture.

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

We consider our people one of our most important assets, and we want our team to love their working lives! When you work for Luxury Escapes, you can look forward to:

• Discount on Luxury Holidays and Experiences
• Breakfast and lunch are provided 5-days a week
• Health and Well-being programs
• Annual Hackathons!
• 1/2 day birthday bonus leave
• A super collaborative team that enjoys creating great platforms

We embrace diversity in our people and make hiring decisions based on your experiences and skills. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. You'll find a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful workplace here at Luxury Escapes, and we are proud to celebrate who you are. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview.

We are a 2026 Circle Back Initiative Employer, committing to responding to every applicant.

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