ENGINEERING MANAGER

This is an exciting time at Luxury Escapes as we look to build our growing Technology Team in Sydney, recently winning the National Travel Industry Award for Most Outstanding Online Travel Agency!
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to ensure the Luxury Escapes Platform remains a class leading and innovative travel booking platform.

RELEVANT SKILLS:

• JavaScript / Node.js / Typescript
• SQL (we use PostgreSQL)
• RESTful API design
• Deep knowledge of AWS
• Terraform / Pulumi
• Experience working with CI/CD
• Automated testing and continuous integration
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience working in an agile team environment, continuously shipping environment
• Strong expertise in software architecture and design patterns, with a particular focus on micro-services.

• Lead and mentor a team of highly skilled engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence
• Maintain and improve our environments in AWS.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and other Engineering teams
• Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, including automated testing, continuous integration, and DevOps, ensuring a seamless developer experience
• Champion security practices and collaborate with relevant teams to ensure the platform remains secure and compliant with industry standards.
• Oversee the design and implementation of microservices architecture, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance of the platform
• Participate in technical discussions, architecture reviews, and code reviews to maintain high standards of engineering excellence
• Advocate for and implement modern cloud technologies (AWS or GCP) to enhance the platform’s resilience, scalability, and performance
• Lead initiatives to improve the overall developer experience by working on Core Services, internal tools and CI as well as processes and communication.