Senior Software Engineer – Architect Scalable Systems

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

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.