Software Development Tech Lead

Overview Software Development Tech Lead – Location: Dublin or Manchester (Hybrid).
We have a vacancy for an experienced, highly motivated Software Development Tech Lead to 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 lead you 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 team/'s key contact and will utilise well-developed communication skills to lead and facilitate effective problem solving and discussions with key 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
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
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 in Dublin, Ireland, and maintains offices across Europe, the USA and China. 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 at www.datalex.com or follow on LinkedIn @Datalex.
Do you have experience leading technical teams and projects?
Do you have eligibility to work and reside in the country of employment?
Datalex offers a hybrid work model. Are you willing to work from the office 1-2 days per week?
Are you currently resident in the country of employment?

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