Technology Team Lead

TUI Group is the world’s number one integrated tourism business. The Office Solutions Team is a global team within the Corporate Systems Domain of TUI responsible for delivering individual software solutions for a various set of business areas whenever the limits of standard systems and tools are reached.
At TUI we’re ambitious to become the leader in technology within the travel industry and to achieve this we are looking to build a capable, creative team who want to be a part of accomplishing that goal.

We never stop looking ahead, seeking new ways to delight our customers and grow our business. We recognise the power of digital and the massive contribution this brings to creating a truly unique and differentiated customer experience.

We are looking for a Technology Team Lead, which is a key role within in the domain and is responsible for leadership of a team of full stack software engineers and for the delivery of business value in l.ine with business needs and TUI’s strategy. You need a strong track record of genuine delivery accountability in agile environments hands on delivery experience combined with successfully managing multiple initiatives and stakeholders primarily in the German market.

• Best practice preferred option - Now taking applications until (14/11/2024)

ABOUT OUR OFFER

• Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, bonus opportunity, exclusive travel perks & discounts, extensive health & wellbeing support, and more.
• Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance and offer hybrid or remote working models.
• A career to shape: Opportunities to upskill, reskill and grow your career. Access the TUI Tech Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
• Expand your horizons: Participate in our tech communities and collaborate on global projects and teams.
• Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation and the Sustainable Tech Community. 

ABOUT THE JOB

• As a Technology Team Lead, your role will see you tackling multiple challenges and working closely with a varied set of stakeholders in various situations every day.
• You’ll need to be resilient, innovative and engaging in your practices to guide your team to provide technology solutions that result in the best possible digital experiences for our internal stakeholders.
• You will need to have an awareness of a range of technologies along with the ability to understand architecture and design of digital systems to effectively lead and support a team of Full Stack Developers and other technology professionals.
• In your role, one of your key responsibilities is to the people you support, ensuring that they are growing within their area of expertise, acquiring new skills, doing valuable work, working well together and feeling engaged and supported.
• You will act as a servant leader and enabler for your team, helping to develop and maintain delivery plans, timescales, resource requirements, key deliverables/milestones, risks and progress.
• You will take responsibility for expansion and further development of agility within your area and the domain. You will focus on helping your team to self-organise, and to keep increasing its capabilities and autonomy. 
• You will identify and actively manage impediments, assuring transparent communication on the progress, the impediments & solutions.
• You will excel at identifying, de-escalating and resolving conflicts within and between teams.
• In collaboration with the Head of Technology, you will also plan and manage costs of your team and pro-actively look for efficiencies and motivate your team to achieve the Objectives and Key Results agreed for your team and the strategic results for the Corporate Systems Domain as a whole. Where relevant, you will also take responsibility for prioritisation of work within technical teams. 
• You will be responsible (dependent on market jurisdiction rules) for identification and recruitment of new talent into your team, coaching and mentoring existing and new team members and supporting their career development.
• You will focus on creating a culture of technical excellence, innovation, learning and continuous improvement. 
• Security is part of everyone’s job. At TUI, we practise secure behaviours first in everything we do. 

ABOUT YOU 

• Passionate about and strong knowledge of agile software delivery practices, delivering business value, change management and driving continuous improvements
• Proven track record in delivering individual software solutions at scale by migrating existing legacy solutions (i.e. MS Excel and MS Access) to modern cloud-based tool stack to ensure robust infrastructure, autoscaling, high availability, and cost optimisations.

Good understanding of a modern modular tool-stack for:

• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS services, EKS, RDS, S3).
• Software Development (.NET Core, ReactJS, TypeScript, C#).
• DevOps and CI/CD (GitLab, Flux).
• Cloud Storage, Workflow orchestration and basic data manipulation (Snowflake, Apache Airflow, Airbyte, DBT).

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• Good understanding of coding standards and QA like clean code principles, proper framework usage, documentation practices, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Understanding the applications of the legacy systems based on MS Excel and Access and VBA programming knowledge will be of advantage. 
• Fluent in English is a must and fluency in German will be of great advantage.
• Mastery of moderation, presentation, visualisation techniques and feedback methods with good influencing skills and the ability to make yourself understood to a wide range of staff including near shore colleagues and business stakeholder.
• Able to understand technical concepts and communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.
• A true believer that autonomy, empowerment and accountability should be in the teams and that psychological safety is one of the key factors in creating high performing teams.

From a workplace to a place to belong.  At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

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