Senior Software Engineer - CX Platform

Be part of the team transforming global travel experiences!

Luxury Escapes is one of the world’s fastest-growing travel websites, with over 8 million members. We are growing rapidly & seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our new CX Platform team.

At Luxury Escapes, we've been focused on improving and expanding in 3 big ways:

• Increasing the range of high-quality products (our customers want choice)
• Expanding internationally (geographies make for interesting problems!)
• Personalisation (showing the right product, to the right customer, at the right time)

Working at Luxury Escapes

Our mission is to delight our customers with incredible deals for the world's best holidays. We are a collective of forward-thinking people, driven to challenge the travel industry and ourselves to bring outstanding travel experiences to our customer community.

Our Sydney office is on Kent Street - a short walk from Wynyard station and close to great cafes in Barangaroo.

About the team 

Our Customer Experience Platform team builds the systems and frameworks that power customised omni-channel experiences for targeted customer groups. Our work ensures each campaign reaches the right customers at the right touch points, tailoring experiences based on a customers' travel affinities to drive deeper engagement.

Our cross-functional teams include Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers focused on delivering solutions and solving problems rather than simply completing tickets. The structure is flat, and the process is lean, with a culture of MVP, iteration, and "build, measure, learn" at the heart of everything we do. We share in-depth experience in Node/Typescript, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, and more. 

We love learning, and also have some really great developers, so you'll be both well supported and challenged.

**Luxury Escapes is an in-person company. We work and collaborate together, face to face in our Barangaroo office**

What you’ll do:

• Work in 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.

Relevant skills:

• JavaScript / Node.js / Typescript
• SQL (we use PostgreSQL)
• RESTful API design
• Deep knowledge of AWS
• 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. 

Our Perks & Benefits: 

• Excellent remuneration package. 
• 20% discount on luxury holidays and experiences. 
• Breakfast and lunch provided five days a week. 
• Health and well-being program
• 1/2 day bonus birthday leave
• Beautiful facilities at 'The Cove' where you can book in yoga, pilates or jump on a peloton bike!

If you’re interested in the role but don't check every box, apply anyway—we’d love to hear from you! (...being Sydney-based is the only box that is non-negotiable)

We embrace diversity in our people and make hiring decisions based on your experiences and skills. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. You'll find a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful workplace here at Luxury Escapes, and we are proud to celebrate who you are. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview.

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer, committing to responding to every applicant.