Software Engineering Team Lead

ABOUT THE COMPANY: 

OAG is the leading data platform for the global travel industry, powering the growth and innovation of the air travel ecosystem. It has the world’s largest network of flight information.  In 2023, OAG acquired Infare, the leading provider of competitor air travel data, empowering airlines and other travel industry players to make effective pricing decisions.  Together, OAG and Infare form part of the most trusted data platform for aviation and make travel better by empowering the global travel industry with high-quality, relevant datasets covering the whole journey from planning to customer experience. Data is at the heart of everything we do. Headquartered in the UK, with operations in the USA, Denmark, France, Germany, Singapore, Japan, China, and Lithuania. 

Now we are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to join the team in Vilnius, Lithuania.

ABOUT THE TEAM: 

The airfare data platform is based on cutting edge cloud technologies which are needed to process the several billion events every day, allowing near real-time data queries and historical analytical workloads.

The teams challenge lies in implementing an ingestion and delivery system that can manage ever growing big data volumes efficiently, measured in low latency and attractive price point. The main technologies used to ingest and transform the data are Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake and MS SQL. The delivery part of the platform offers industry leading data sharing experience to our customer through diverse data distribution channels, such as: Direct Data Sharing powered by Snowflake; Feed Files via RClone, SSH.NET and FluentFT. More channels will be added as the technology allows and the customer are ready for it.

Job description: 

• Leading and managing software engineering team (DK and LT): 1:1, development plans, feedback
• Recruiting and developing high performing team members
• Acting as key team interface to internal stakeholders
• Driving innovation and continuous improvements
• Ensuring Continuous Delivery best practices are followed
• Ensuring the best coding practices are being applied
• Ensuring well-structured documentation is produced
• Applying Agile methodology to ensure efficient delivery of the project scope
• Sharing business domain and technical knowledge across the organization
• Owning overall product architecture and technical vision
• Contributing to overall OAG architecture and technical vision
• Hands-on contribution to product development activities
• Keeping up to date with relevant technologies and best practices

Requirements: 

• Strong background in hands on software engineering role (.net developer, QA Engineer)
• Solid Experience in Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Practices
• Solid Experience in applying appropriate automation testing tools and frameworks (Unit, Component, Integration, Feature tests)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) like Terraform
• Experience in applying Agile methodologies (any of these: Scrum, Kanban, DSDM)
• Experience working with AWS
• Experience with SQL, MS SQL, Snowflake
• Experience with Apache Spark, Databricks and Scala
• Experience working with Azure is beneficial
• Experience with CosmosDB or another NoSQL database is beneficial
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Great communication skills
• Fluency in English (at least B2)

Company offers: 

• A dynamic work environment , fostering innovation in a progressive, non-hierarchical culture, where passionate tech enthusiasts continuously develop new products and solutions with a focus on improvement for aviation industry. 
• Great office location, with flexible working arrangements that allow remote work or office attendance and company paid lunch
• Participation in team-building activities, team workshops, group learning sessions and innovation programs
• A balance between in-office and remote work
• Opportunities for travel to our other offices, fostering a global perspective. 
• An attractive compensation and benefits package, including private health insurance, voluntary participation in retirement scheme
• A generous annual leave policy with additional 5 days of leave per year
• Great growth and development opportunities, both professionally and personally

Monthly Salary: 

We will ensure that the exact salary offered for you will be based on your qualifications, competencies, professional experience and requirements for the corresponding job function (salary starts from 5800 up to 7500 EUR gross per month).