We are looking for a Technical Team Leader to join the Independents team to drive engineering leadership and practices. In this role you will be leading a team responsible for solutions that make it simple and fast for customers to shop, book and travel collaboratively with expert consultants anywhere and anytime throughout their travel journey. As a member of the Independents product team within product management and engineering, you will deliver quality and innovative solutions to delight our customers and achieve our strategic priorities.

What You’ll Do...

• Work with product managers, UX and stakeholders to shape the best solutions available with a key focus on the customer
• Develop a team of engineers through coaching, mentoring and management support
• Provide order of magnitude estimations in solution optioning
• Facilitate collaboration with other engineering teams, product managers and designers
• Facilitate team ceremonies such as elaboration sessions, retrospectives and stand-ups
• Lead and advocate for better development practices
• Work closely with recruitment to hire and onboard engineers

Who you are...

• You have experience in software development, using modern JavaScript coding, testing and automation techniques to deliver end-to-end solutions
• You have proven experience leading software teams
• You have experience with serverless solutions utilizing cloud technology
• You’re passionate about software engineering best practices and know what it means to ship high-quality code that is maintainable and extendable
• You are a highly collaborative team-player who thrives in a team environment without being adversarial and can also work independently
• You have a growth mindset, embracing challenges to continuously improve and innovate

Let’s skip to the good part…

• Generous remuneration structure
• Travel discounts, in-house financial and health services, access to internal 24/7 gym
• Global career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Fun and flexible work environment
• Proud Corporate Social Responsibility platform through the Flight Centre Foundation

We do things a little differently…

We do things a little differently around here. We do things the FCTG Way.

We have a unique culture and an irreverent DNA based on a proven mix of ideas, values and ways of working that have helped shape our business over the past 40+ years.

Across all our brands, we take our business seriously but not ourselves. We take leaps of faith, have trust in our teams and work collaboratively to achieve our goals. That’s the FCTG Way.

If you think you have FCTG DNA, reach out today.