Senior Java Engineer

About the Opportunity

Join Platform Services and help build one of Flight Centre Travel Group’s most commercially significant products, the Global Savings Service.

As a Senior Java Engineer, you will work on complex travel technology challenges, transforming ambiguous problems into reliable, production-grade solutions that deliver accurate savings insights to customers globally.

Working within a small, distributed Java squad, you'll contribute to technical direction, drive engineering quality, and deepen your expertise across airline distribution, fare pricing, and large-scale integrations. This is a unique opportunity to take ownership, solve difficult technical problems, and make a measurable impact on a global platform.

 

What you will do:

• Design, build and maintain features and services within the Global Savings Service from concept through to production-ready delivery

• Develop high-quality, scalable solutions using Java and modern engineering practices

• Integrate with complex SOAP and REST APIs across GDS platforms and third-party vendors

• Interpret and reconcile fare and pricing data across multiple formats including NDC, EDIFACT and GDS-specific structures

• Own the reliability, accuracy and quality of the components you deliver

• Create meaningful automated tests and proactively manage failure scenarios and edge cases

• Document technical decisions, business logic and domain knowledge to support team capability and business continuity

• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools, including Claude Code, as part of daily development workflows

• Contribute to technical architecture, design discussions and code reviews

• Provide technical guidance and constructive code review support to engineering peers and consultant engineers

• Collaborate effectively across time zones with engineers, product stakeholders and technical leaders

• Translate complex technical concepts into clear and understandable language for non-technical audiences

 

What you will need:

• Solid experience building and maintaining production services as a Java Software Engineer

• Strong expertise with Java and object-oriented design principles

• Experience working with complex SOAP and REST API integrations

• Proven ability to solve problems within technically and commercially complex environments

• Experience making sound engineering and architectural decisions

• Strong understanding of software quality, testing and reliability practices

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience documenting technical solutions and domain knowledge

• Comfortable working within a geographically distributed team

• Exposure to airline distribution, fare pricing or travel technology domains including GDS, NDC, EDIFACT and ATPCO is highly regarded

• Experience with Spring Boot is advantageous

• Experience working with Azure cloud services is advantageous

• Knowledge of Ruby, Elixir or .NET is beneficial

• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code is advantageous

• Demonstrated ownership mindset, curiosity and commitment to continuous learning

 

** Please advise your leader before applying **