Software Development Tech Lead

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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 ResponsibilitiesAbility to estimate, document, design, implement and test large features to the highest quality and take ownership of their deliveryCapable of taking part in technical and business discussions both internally and externallyUnderstand the business drivers behind each feature.Ensure your team are delivering high quality product and platform functionality, on time and on budgetMentor, 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 BIGMinimum Requirements5+ years of software industry experience with excellent proficiency in Java and Web Services2+ years managing a Software Engineering team ideally within a fast-paced dynamic product based companySolid experience in design/development of highly available, distributed and scalable applicationsAdditionally, experience with some of the following is advantageousGood understanding of Agile principles with experience leading a Scrum/Kanban teamWebservice technologies: REST, SOAPDevelopment Tools: GIT, Gradle, Ant, Jenkins, Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket)Communication Tools: Slack, Microsoft TeamsDatabase: Oracle or MongoDBDistributed Technologies: Spring, J2EE, MemcachedTest Automation frameworks: BDD, TestNGPractical experience with DevOps concepts: CI/CD, ChatOps, etc.Scripting levels sufficient for sysadmin, deployments, and API interaction an advantageFamiliarity with source control tools such as GITStrong organizational skills and written and oral communication in English, with other languages a benefitExperience with the design and management of applications that support:Minimizing single points of failureZero down-time upgradesAuto scaling applications that have cold start challengesDistributed applicationsImplementing and using metrics to make data driven decisionsBuilding systems that negate the need for people to log into serversBuilding 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. 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