Senior Manager Development

Senior Manager Development

Job Description

Common accountabilities:

• Works with a high level of autonomy.
  
• Leads projects, contributes to broad cross-functional projects.
  
• Proficient in technical knowledge to ensure team performs at a high level. Is recognized as a leader in own area and may formally train Specialists/Senior Specialists.
  
• Accountable for the budget, performance and results of a medium-sized team or multiple teams of employees. Influences the resource, budget and policy planning and sets concrete development plans for the team members.
  
• Understands how main business drivers may impact on own area. Can assess complex problems with broad impact on the activity, improve processes, recommend solutions and risk mitigation plans. Able to communicate complex information.
  
• Has a mid/long-term vision of the activity and the business, influences the department's strategy based on a broad understanding of the environment. Exposed to complex decision making.
  

Specific accountabilities:

Accountability / Business acumen

• Define and share the technical/functional team roadmap and vision according to the department/division/company objectives
  
• Regular Report on team activities
  
• Be accountable for the performance and results of a unit within own discipline or function
  
• Develop plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges
  
• Suggest alternatives / improvements / new techniques in processes, flows, operational models and plans
  
• Moderate budgetary impact on business
  

Technical Excellence

• Producing code of high quality with high efficiency
  
• Work in each step of the product development cycle including creating technical requirements, leading complex feasibility studies, project planning, identifying dependencies and improvements
  
• Investigate, analyze & give recommendations on the root causes of complex software and system defects
  
• Solving problems / troubleshooting in a timely manner & with a high level of engagement
  
• Foster applications that are easy to monitor and operate, to improve infrastructure availability
  
• Apply best practices on code quality and security-safe code through non-functional requirements mastery, code reviews, coding guidelines, unit testing and code refactoring
  
• Technological Acumen – cross disciplinary knowledge (ex. UI, network…)
  

• Deliver solutions by leveraging cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or PCF.
  

• Design and integrate messaging platforms, including RabbitMQ, Kafka, cloud messaging, and enterprise messaging.
  
• Apply distributed caching solutions like Redis, Memcache, etc., to optimize application performance.
  

Specific Skills

• Develop and maintain applications using advanced Java (Java 8 and above), including concurrency, multithreaded models, blocking/non-blocking IO, lambdas, streams, generics, and complex algorithms and data structures.
  
• Execute database operations (DDL, DML), model database structures, manage transactional scenarios, and implement Isolation levels for both SQL and NoSQL databases.
  
• Utilize frameworks such as SpringBoot, Spring Cloud, or Quarkus to deliver scalable, complex solutions.
  
• Lead development of API-based digital journeys and implement alternatives such as DBT to achieve target outcomes.
  
• Utilize build and automation tools, code quality plugins, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization platforms like Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes.
  
• Employ logging and monitoring solutions like Splunk, ELK Stack, Grafana, etc., to track technical KPIs and ensure system reliability.
  
• Apply application profiling tools such as jProfiler, Yourkit, and Visual VM to optimize application performance.
  

Continuous Improvement

• Suggest evolution of the component and make recommendations on how to manage the debt of the code / clean up the code
  
• Improve the technical aspect of the project delivery and provide recommendations for engineering process improvement
  

Building cross-functional/technical teams & knowledge sharing

• Work easily with others / ensure smooth communication
  
• Consistently create successful engagement on projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams in driving operating and service excellence
  
• Attending to PE community events
  
• Contribute to the R&D cultural transformation and talent development through team members (junior members) technical coaching and mentoring (give an answer, provide feedback) – reactive is mandatory
  
• Delivering trainings that have been defined – optional
  
• Being a Developer advocate (depending on area of influence, going to hackathon, recruitment days, conference, participating to Opensource)
  

Communication

• Ensure timely and appropriate communication to team members regarding company/organization information
  
• Collaborate with other software development, architecture, solutions, and QA teams to ensure that software systems are designed for testability, stability, scalability, and performance.
  

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.