Lead Software Engineer, Rocket Travel by Agoda

Lead Software Engineer

Duties:

Work closely with engineering management team as a product owner to drive the team’s technical direction to support our business outcomes. Guide one or more engineering teams to solve complex problems with elegant solutions that are maintainable, easy to understand and easy to onboard new engineers. Mentor engineers of varying experience and skills to help develop their technical skills. Deliver integrated solutions working with engineering, product and other technology leaders, including customer loyalty teams and partnerships. Research and propose new technologies to set technical direction for parts of the organization. Scope large projects and break work into manageable, deliverable milestones. Act as the key technology engineer for Partner launches. Empathize with the partner experience while maintaining quality and sustainability within the development process. Continuously improve team processes, tooling and quality in partnership with engineering managers and directors.

Requirements:

Requires Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or related field of study, and 5 years of working experience in any job title/occupation/position developing performance-critical applications that run in a production environment using Scala or Java. Experience specified must include 3 years of experience with each of the following: working with relational databases and SQL; leading the design, development, and support of new functional capabilities and the modernization of existing implementations; large-scale global projects serving world markets with distributed data centers and localization of data; and queueing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or MSMQ). The experience specified must also include 2 years of experience technically mentoring engineers at various levels. Telecommuting permitted.

Work Location: 641 W Lake St., Chicago, IL 60661

Hours:

M-F, 40 hours/week

Salary range: $148,949 to $220,000 per year. Benefits include bonus, 401(k) with match, flexible vacation time, maternity and paternity benefits, health and dental insurance, and other benefits based on company policy.

Life at Rocket Travel, Inc.

About us We make travel more rewarding than anyone else Rocket Travel awards customers for booking travel through our products, allowing people to earn or use loyalty benefits from their favorite loyalty programs. Our journey We began in 2013 with the same goal of making travel even more rewarding. This started with our bespoke Rocketmiles website, earning travelers their favorite airline loyalty miles for hotel bookings, and every year since, we’ve advanced our goal. We now partner with over 60 loyalty programs that travelers can choose from, we build unique partner-branded travel sites, we offer the ability to earn and redeem loyalty rewards, we sit within Booking Holdings—the most experienced Group of travel companies in the world—and we continually grow the number of ways that people can book travel through us, from stays to cars and more. Travel constantly evolves, opening additional opportunities to create rewarding experiences, and we intend to be at the forefront of building and innovating on those for travelers worldwide. A diverse and global team Our teammates work across the globe, in person and remotely. We have offices in Chicago, NYC, Bangkok, Bogota, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Cebu. No matter where people work, our main team-building goal is to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We do that with a Diversity and Inclusion Committee, setting DEI hiring goals, investing in employee retention, and conducting regular team training that fosters collaboration and morale. All of these efforts help ensure that we’re promoting a supportive environment, where people are motivated to grow professionally and build rewarding travel experiences together.

Thrive Here & What We Value* Diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace* Hybrid team with flexible work environment* Competitive compensation package (bonus, 401k with match, vacation time)* Global partnerships and international opportunities* Attractive travel opportunities for employees* Total Compensation Based on Experience* Opportunity to rise together and support each other* Passion for data-backed solutions* Seamless user experience with global reach* Committed to equal employment opportunities

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