Engineering Lead

Flight Centre Travel Group; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel solutions provider is seeking a technical leader to drive innovation and lead a talented team in creating cutting-edge solutions. This role involves hands-on technical work and strategic leadership in an agile environment. Ideal candidates will have strong programming skills and 5+ years of Ruby on Rails experience. Benefits include travel discounts and a strong focus on professional development.

Benefits

25 Days Off per year

Employee Retention Share Scheme

Discounts on travel and accommodation

Free language learning platform

Various social events

Discounts with GymApp

Complimentary snacks and drinks

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Comfortable working in an international team, English required.

Responsibilities

• Design and create new solutions for customers.
• Lead the technical excellence of systems.
• Adjust team processes and guide through changes.
• Challenge architecture and automation processes.
• Support team organization and mission.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Experience with Ruby on Rails

Scrum or similar experience

Strong communication ability

Team player

Job description

Kia Ora, Hola, ??????, Guten TagWhereTo is a business travel startup from San Francisco that evolved into an agile development and design studio within the Flight Centre family.

We build travel solutions used by some of the largest companies on the planet - we have just one goal : making business travel better for everybody. WhereTo provides an AI-powered travel platform for corporate travel.

Our platform uses machine learning algorithms to recommend personalized travel options based on a traveler's preferences, company policies, and budget. Our technology also allows for real-time travel tracking, reporting, and cost analysis, enabling companies to optimize their travel programs and reduce costs.

About The Opportunity…

Are you a engineering leader or a seasoned developer ready to step into technical leadership?

We're seeking an experienced engineer to drive innovation and excellence in a dynamic, international environment. Lead a talented team in designing cutting‑edge solutions for both internal and external customers.

You’ll be the technical visionary, ensuring system reliability, championing best practices, and actively shaping our product roadmap. This role combines hands‑on technical work with strategic leadership – from mitigating outages to optimizing team processes and advocating for your team’s mission across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Designs and creates new solutions that are widely used either by internal or external customers
• Leads the technical excellence of the system and creates plans to mitigate outages
• Adjust the team processes, listening to feedback and guiding the team through changes
• Challenge the architecture and automation processes
• Support the internal organisation of the team
• Be an active participant of the roadmap elaboration alongside the Head of Engineering and the Product team
• Be an advocate of the mission of the team within company

Experience & Qualifications

• Strong programming skills
• Ideally 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience working in Scrum or similar

Other Requirements

• A strong communication ability, both in private and in public
• You are comfortable working in an international team, in English
• Also, Spanish or French would be a plus
• Knowledge of business travel will be a real asset
• You know how to be a team player and reliable
• Sense of humour

Benefits

Tick destinations off your bucket list with our discounts on travel and accommodation. Enjoy 25 Days Off per year plus 5 Compensation days. Learn a new language with our free language learning platform (Global Exam). Employee Retention Share Scheme through Equate Plus. Various social events to promote networking, the celebration of wins, and sometimes just for fun (Global Gathering Portugal). Enjoy our discounts with GymApp. Complementary coffee, drinks, snacks and fruits at our Barcelona office location. A strong focus on professional development to support you in the evolution of your career.

Who We Are…

As part of Flight Centre Travel Group, our is to open up the world for those who want to see. We encourage you to DREAM BIG through collaboration and innovation, and make sure you are supported to make incredible ideas a reality. Together, we deliver quality, innovative solutions that delight our customers and achieve our strategic priorities. Irreverence. Ownership.itarianism. WTO