Lead Developer - Architect, Machine Learning Engineer

About CTM
CTM is an award-winning provider of innovative and cost-effective travel management solutions to the corporate, events, leisure and loyalty travel markets. CTM provides personalised service excellence with client-facing technology solutions in offices all around the world, including New Zealand, Australia, Asia, North America and Europe with over 3000 employees and growing.

At CTM, our people are our greatest asset. We are a team of collaborative, innovative and future-focused professionals we work with the company's values in mind; Connect, Deliver and Evolve.

About the role
We're seeking a visionary Lead Software Architect to drive our technical strategy and innovation initiatives. This role combines architectural leadership in distributed systems, AI/ML integration, and modern application development. The ideal candidate will lead the design of our federated development framework, champion shared services architecture, and guide our AI transformation journey while mentoring cross-functional engineering teams.

Core Responsibilities:

• Architect and lead implementation of federated development frameworks and shared services platforms
• Design scalable, cloud-native architectures supporting AI/ML workloads
• Lead integration of LLMs and AI services into enterprise applications
• Establish technical standards for microservices, API design, and shared components
• Guide teams in adopting modern development practices and tools
• Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• Mentor and develop engineering teams while fostering technical excellence
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical strategy with business goals

Technical Expertise:

• Expert-level proficiency in modern development frameworks and distributed systems
• Deep understanding of federated architecture and shared services models
• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Expertise in API design, microservices, and service mesh technologies
• Advanced knowledge of AI/ML integration patterns and LLM deployment
• Proven experience with container orchestration and infrastructure automation
• Strong background in security architecture and compliance requirements

Leadership Skills:

• Proven track record leading distributed engineering teams
• Experience establishing development standards and best practices
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Excellence in technical mentorship and team development

Specialized Skills

• Federated development frameworks and tools
• Microservices architecture and API gateway patterns
• Service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices
• AI/ML pipeline design and optimization
• Performance monitoring and distributed tracing
• Security best practices and zero-trust architecture

Education Experience

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years in architectural or technical leadership roles
• Deep experience with enterprise-scale distributed systems
• Track record of successful technical transformation initiatives
• Strong portfolio of architectural solutions and technical publications

Why CTM?
CTM offer a strong, established, and sustainable work environment which will support your career development and wellbeing.
As a global organization CTM offers a range of employee benefits that you can access, including;

• Travel discounts
• Perkbox - Retail, Lifestyle, Entertainment and Health and Wellness discounts & benefits
• Training and Development opportunities
• Annual Volunteer Day
• x2 Wellness/Chillout Days
• Blended work arrangements with hybrid WFH flexibility
• 2 Weeks extra leave - Purchase Leave

CTM is committed to the unique contributions of all our people and actively encourage candidates with all abilities and diverse backgrounds to apply. Come work for a global award-winning company that values its people, community, and technological innovation.

Acknowledgement of Country
In the spirit of reconciliation, Corporate Travel Management acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continued connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.