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Software Development Tech Lead

Manchester Full-Time 48000 - 72000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

At a Glance

Tasks: Lead a dynamic team in developing high-quality software for the travel industry.
Company: Datalex transforms airline retail, partnering with major airlines globally.
Benefits: Enjoy a flexible work environment and be part of a certified 'Great Place to Work'.
Why this job: Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and continuous improvement.
Qualifications: 5+ years in software development, 2+ years managing teams, proficiency in Java.
Other info: Remote work options available; strong communication skills are essential.

The predicted salary is between 48000 - 72000 £ per year.

Datalex Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Software Development Tech Lead
We have a vacancy for anexperienced, highly motivated Software Development Tech Leadto work in an exciting and dynamic software engineering environment. We want to see candidates who have a track record in developing high quality software, working within tight deadlines, and have a continuous improvement and customer-focused mindset. Experience in the travel or retail industry would be an advantage but not essential.

As a Datalex software development team leadyou will be responsible for managing a geographically distributed team of highly skilled engineers. You will be a people manager as well as a software technical leader. You will be the software project teams key contact and will utilise well-developed communication skills toleadand facilitate effective problem solving/discussions tokey stakeholders within the company. You will be technically hands-on with estimating features, planning, coding, debugging, design, performance and testing of team deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Ability to estimate, document, design, implement and test large features to the highest quality and take ownership of their delivery
Capable of taking part in technical and business discussions both internally and externally
Understand the business drivers behind each feature.
Ensure your team are delivering high quality product and platform functionality, on time and on budget
Mentor, motivate and train developers within your team both local and remotely.
Manage the translation of requirements into design and take ownership of documentation for your project deliveries.
Challenge the status quo – contribute and lead initiatives to improve the software development process. Think BIG!

Minimum Requirements

5+ years of software industry experience with excellent proficiency in Java and Web Services
2+ years managing a Software Engineering team ideally within a fast-paced dynamic product based company
Solid experience in design/development of highly available, distributed and scalable applications

Additionally, experience with some of the following is advantageous

Good understanding of Agile principles with experience leading a Scrum/Kanban team
Webservice technologies: REST, SOAP
Development Tools: GIT, Gradle, Ant, Jenkins, Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket)
Communication Tools: Slack, Microsoft Teams
Database: Oracle or MongoDB
Distributed Technologies: Spring, J2EE, Memcached
Test Automation frameworks: BDD, TestNG
Practical experience with DevOps concepts: CI/CD, ChatOps, etc.
Scripting levels sufficient for sysadmin, deployments, and API interaction an advantage
Familiarity with source control tools such as GIT
Strong organizational skills and written and oral communication in English, with other languages a benefit
Experience with the design and management of applications that support:
- Minimizing single points of failure
- Zero down-time upgrades
- Auto scaling applications that have cold start challenges
- Distributed applications
- Implementing and using metrics to make data driven decisions
- Building systems that negate the need for people to log into servers
- Building apps that run-in containers.

Datalex\’s purpose is to transform airline retail. Datalex is a market leader in airline retail technology, offering unique products that enable airlines to drive revenue and profit as digital retailers. Datalex has a strong track record of delivering digital retail transformation for progressive airline brands worldwide, including Aer Lingus, easyJet, JetBlue Airways, Air China, Edelweiss, Air Transat, and Air Macau. The Group is headquartered inDublin, Ireland, and maintains offices acrossEurope, theUSAandChina. In 2024, Datalex was awarded the \’Great Place to Work and \’Best Workplaces in Tech\’ certifications. Datalex plc is a publicly listed company, on Euronext Growth,Dublin. Learn more atwww.datalex.comor follow on LinkedIn @Datalex.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Sales, General Business, and Education
Industries

Wireless Services, Telecommunications, and Communications Equipment Manufacturing

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