AI-Driven Backend Engineer (Rails) – Travel Tech

Flight Centre Travel Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel discounts

25 days off + 5 compensation days

Language learning platform

Employee equity plan

Professional development budget

Office snacks and beverages

Job summary

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking a Software Engineer to build AI-native travel technology that scales globally. You’ll join agile squads, own features end-to-end, and shape intelligent content retrieval, booking automation, and personalised recommendations using LLM-powered capabilities.

Lead backend with Ruby on Rails, containerised deployments, and DevOps practices. The role supports flexible work arrangements—remote, hybrid, or on-site in Barcelona’s Poblenou—fostering collaboration

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional software development experience (backend focus).
• Strong proficiency in backend development in Ruby on Rails preferably.
• Experience with containers and API design.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices: CI/CD, containers, IaC, automated testing.
• Comfortable working in English within an international team.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs into production applications.
• Ability to design effective prompts and evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Team player with strong communication skills and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and microservices.
• Develop and integrate LLM-powered features (intelligent search, travel recommendations, document processing, personalised content).
• Write clean, testable code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Own features from design through deployment and monitoring.
• Engineer effective prompts and prompt chains for travel-related use cases.
• Integrate LLM APIs to enhance user experiences and automate workflows.
• Build RAG systems for intelligent content retrieval.
• Evaluate LLM outputs for accuracy, cost-efficiency, and user value.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and containerised deployments.
• Monitor application performance and respond to incidents.
• Work in agile/Scrum squads with international team members.
• Mentor peers and share knowledge across teams.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Backend development

APIs

Containers

DevOps practices

English proficiency

LLM integration

Prompt design

Team collaboration

Tools

React

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

Redis

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Playwright

RSpec

DataDog

Azure DevOps

Job description

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking a Software Engineer to build AI-native travel technology that scales globally. You’ll join agile squads, own features end-to-end, and shape intelligent content retrieval, booking automation, and personalised recommendations using LLM-powered capabilities.

Lead backend with Ruby on Rails, containerised deployments, and DevOps practices. The role supports flexible work arrangements—remote, hybrid, or on-site in Barcelona’s Poblenou—fostering collaboration