Team Lead Software Development Engineering

Overview

TEAM LEAD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING - Ireland

Travelport is the brains behind travel bookings: plane, car or hotel. Our technology is used to book holidays, events, and more. We're looking for the best thinkers to help us simplify the technical parts of travel.

We're hiring right now for a Team Lead Software Development Engineering. Search for #Travelport on LinkedIn and hear from our amazing team.

How you'll make an impact

As a Technical Team Lead, you will lead a squad of engineers responsible for developing Java-based microservices used by Travelport Products. You will lead the team in requirements analysis, update progress to leadership, identify risks, and understand schedules. You will line manage some engineers to help them achieve their career goals. You will act as a champion of technical excellence, a key mentor to your development team, and a strong contributor in driving development, best practices and standards. You will be a Servant Leader for your team, coaching and mentoring to ensure all members can grow and contribute, with a goal to constantly improve team performance so the whole team can own their technical solutions from requirements to production. You should always be learning and striving for improvement. Outstanding technical leads are accountable, trustworthy, and able to build lasting relationships with their teams. They are agents for positive change within the team and wider organization.

Your role in action

• Foster a high-performing Agile team through continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Identify and implement opportunities to enhance team efficiency and delivery.
• Drive team velocity by aligning resources and ensuring timely completion of development, maintenance, and support tasks.
• Co-lead technical design and code reviews to maintain high-quality standards.
• Collaborate on feature refinement and assess the impact of new capabilities.
• Ensure successful story completion each iteration to meet strategic initiatives.
• Support production stability and application availability.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, set goals, and manage performance reviews.
• Contribute to hiring efforts, including technical assessments and interviews.

Could this be you?Leadership & Management

• Experience in Java development, including team leadership.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor Agile teams, with a strong commitment to DevOps practices.
• Experience in line management or people leadership, with a desire to grow in this area.
• Ability to inspire and motivate teams, drive technical excellence, and foster innovation.

Core Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Java and related frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate).
• Strong grasp of object-oriented design principles and design patterns.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2).
• Familiarity with source control tools and branching strategies (e.g., Git).

DevOps & CI/CD

• Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube).
• Understanding of Git workflows (e.g., pull requests, branching strategies).
• Exposure to containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Web & Frontend Technologies

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).
• Familiarity with caching and search technologies (e.g., Redis, SOLR, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).
• Knowledge of container platforms and orchestration tools (e.g., OpenShift, Docker).

Bonus Skills

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with Agile ceremonies and team rituals.

Discover why our teams love working here

Our benefits package includes 25 days annual leave per annum, plus Christmas shutdown, hybrid working model, pension contribution, private medical, life assurance and personal travel insurance. All jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program subject to individual and company performance.

Find employee stories on LinkedIn with #lifeattravelport and #travelportGDL.

Your journey at Travelport starts here

Our application process is quick, easy, and hassle-free — apply in just a few minutes.

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Industries: Information Technology & Services, Travel Arrangements, and Airlines and Aviation

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