Software Development Lead – Digital Applications
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About the Role
Etihad Airways seeks a Software Development Lead to lead engineering squads delivering web and mobile applications. The role combines technical leadership, people management, and delivery oversight.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor software development squads across web and mobile platforms
- Own technical delivery, ensuring alignment with business and product priorities
- Partner with Product, Architecture, UX, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver customer facing digital solutions
- Drive Agile delivery, managing risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments
- Provide technical guidance across architecture, cloud, APIs, and mobile technologies
- Establish engineering best practices covering coding, testing, CI/CD, security, and platform reliability
- Champion automation, DevOps, and modern software engineering practices
- Manage team performance, capability development, and workforce planning
- Monitor engineering KPIs and drive continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years leading development teams
- Proven experience delivering large scale web and mobile applications
- Strong expertise in modern software architecture, microservices, cloud platforms, and DevOps
- Experience with React, Angular, IONIC framework, Node.js
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot, APIs, Microservices
- Experience with Android (Kotlin) and/or iOS (Swift) and Capacitor
- Experience with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
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Synopsis
- Seeking a Software Development Lead to lead engineering squads responsible for delivering and enhancing Etihad Airways' web and mobile applications
- Role combines technical leadership, people management, and delivery oversight to ensure scalable, secure, and high performing digital solutions
Accountabilities
- Lead and mentor software development squads across web and mobile platforms
- Own technical delivery, ensuring alignment with business and product priorities
- Partner with Product, Architecture, UX, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver customer facing digital solutions
- Drive Agile delivery, managing risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments
- Provide technical guidance across architecture, cloud, APIs, and mobile technologies
- Establish engineering best practices covering coding, testing, CI/CD, security, and platform reliability
- Champion automation, DevOps, and modern software engineering practices
- Manage team performance, capability development, and workforce planning
- Monitor engineering KPIs and drive continuous improvement
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years leading development teams
- Proven experience delivering large scale web and mobile applications
- Strong expertise in modern software architecture, microservices, cloud platforms, and DevOps
- Experience with: Web: React, Angular, IONIC framework, Node.js; Backend: Java, Spring Boot, APIs, Microservices; Mobile: Android (Kotlin) and/or iOS (Swift) and Capacitor; Cloud & DevOps: AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
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