Software Development Tech Lead (Manchester)

Software Development Tech Lead (Manchester)

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 is 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

Web service 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 is 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 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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