Job Description

Posted 7 hours ago

As you contemplate your future, you might be asking yourself, what’s the next step? Start your journey with us!

We’re seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to join our Customer eXperience vertical  in Barcelona (Hybrid) to lead a high performing team of cross-functional specialists, fully dedicated to one important mission – making travel changes and cancellations as easy as possible for customers. If you’re ready to soar, we’re ready to take you there.

Why eDreams ODIGEO
Join the world’s leading travel subscription platform and one of the largest e-commerce businesses in Europe.

Millions of customers every year across 44 markets – 5 brands – 7M members in Prime
More than 100 million searches per day – Up to 6 billion daily AI predictions[e1]
Over 1,600 employees – More than 60 different nationalities from all continents – 99% permanent contracts – 36 average age

We’re the world’s leading travel subscription platform and one of the largest e-commerce businesses in Europe. We are a tech company revolutionising the travel booking experience through our consumer insight, innovative technology, market leadership, and Prime, the world’s first travel subscription program.

What you will do: 
The Role’s Key Responsibilities and Tasks

As an eDOer, you will have clear objectives, great challenges and a clear overview of how your work contributes to the global company project and its customers. As a Lead Engineer in the Customer eXperience vertical  you will be in charge of:

Working with top-notch tech stack including Java 17, BigData (Kafka, BigTable, Redis, PostgreSQL), LLMs, Datamesh, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Sonarqube and Datadog

Collaborating with Product, Business, Architecture, Data Science to shape the technical strategy and evolution of the Payments domain, define the technical strategy for your modules and ensure their optimal performance

Helping your team translate functional specifications into high-performance logical technical design and code and split the work into smaller tasks that add quick value to customers

Promoting our standards of technical excellence, innovation and continuous improvement 

Leading a high performing cross functional agile team of 7-10 experienced software engineers and developers

Taking an active role in finding and hiring the best talent available, in collaboration with our recruiters, and onboard new joiners into our culture of high performance, collaboration and growth

Managing performance, setting goals and prioritising work for your team, balancing the capacity of the team

Establish a sense of identity, engagement and belonging in your team, and improve team dynamics – in collaboration with your dedicated agile coach

Act as a mentor, helping others develop their skills and professional career

What you need to succeed:  
Good to have

Bring your unique perspective, speak up, and offer disruptive solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow while making a real impact on our team. Here’s what you need to succeed: 

Ability to take fast and data driven decisions

Strong communication and influencing skills 

Ability to live and transmit our values

Intense focus on what delivers customer value

High standards around quality and technical excellence in coding

Developing and growing self and others

Presenting with confidence to both technical and non technical audiences

Knowledge and experience with coding, OO design, system design, performance tuning, performance engineering, design patterns, data modelling

Java and code base knowledge

Knowledge and experience with distributed, concurrent and scalable systems

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Applied AI Tools: Demonstrated comfort using practical AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or other AI-powered coding assistants.

Experimentation Mindset: Curiosity and eagerness to explore, experiment with, and integrate emerging AI-driven solutions into software development workflows.

AI-Enhanced Problem Solving: Ability to effectively leverage AI tools to debug code, streamline development processes, and enhance productivity.

Adaptability and Learning Agility: Enthusiastic about continuously learning and quickly adapting to new AI features and capabilities.

Collaboration with AI: Experience or interest in collaborating closely with AI tools as “pair programmers” to complement traditional software development practices.

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What’s in it for you?
The best talent deserves the best benefits

At eDO, we want you to be a part of our success story and great culture.

Here’s what we offer:

A rewarding Compensation package!