Software Development Manager

This role is not purely advisory. We are looking for a Principal Software Architect who is hands-on, willing to write code when required, lead by example, and set engineering and architectural standards especially during the early phases of platform build, transition, and scale-up.

What You'll Do:

• Design and develop: Work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge software solutions using technologies like Node.js, React.js, Angular, C# (.NET framework), and Python & also integrating with AI Technologies.

• Own platform architecture:
  Design and evolve the end-to-end architecture for large-scale, distributed, transaction-heavy systems supporting airline distribution and travel commerce, and deploy cutting-edge software solutions using technologies like Node.js, React.js, Angular, C# (.NET framework), and Python & also integrating with AI Technologies.

• Be hands-on where it matters:
  Actively design, prototype, and implement critical components to establish engineering standards, patterns, and best practices.

• Lead technical direction:
  Define system decomposition, service boundaries, API contracts, integration patterns, and data flows across the platform.

• Build for scale and resilience:
  Ensure systems are designed for high availability, performance, fault tolerance, and operational resilience in production environments.

• Work closely with product and business stakeholders:
  Translate complex business, operational, and commercial requirements into scalable technical solutions and implementation plans.

• Champion engineering excellence:
  Establish and enforce coding standards, architecture guidelines, review practices, and technical governance across internal teams and contractors.

• Drive security and reliability by design:
  Embed security, observability, monitoring, and failure-handling considerations into system design from day one.

• Mentor and uplift teams:
  Coach engineers, review designs and code, and help grow the technical maturity of the organization.

• Support production when needed:
  Provide technical leadership during critical incidents, root-cause analysis, and long-term architectural remediation.

What You'll Bring:

Technical & Architecture Experience

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4–5 years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role.

• Proven experience designing and building high-volume, transactional, distributed systems, ideally in travel, e-commerce, payments, or fintech domains.

• Strong hands-on coding experience in modern backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Go, C#, or Python.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including asynchronous processing, idempotency, event-driven architectures, and eventual consistency.

• Solid experience designing and consuming APIs and microservices, including integration with third-party systems.
  

Cloud & Platform Knowledge

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including compute, storage, messaging, and monitoring services.

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).

• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and production deployment practices.

• Experience with logging, monitoring, tracing, and performance management tools.
  

Professional & Leadership Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and system-thinking skills.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, evolving environments and making pragmatic trade-offs.

• A mindset of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).