IJP- Lead Software Engineer

We, at Jet2 (UK s third largest airline and second largest tour operator), have set up a state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Centre in Pune, India. We are looking for Lead Software Engineer with outstanding track record in the field of mobile application development. The successful candidate would be an expert in mobile application development and will need to solve the complex technical problems in the team with his expertise and with minimal supervision while providing a support to the Mobile Manager in planning and execution strategy. The Development Team Lead will be responsible for developing and designing critical architecture of applications within Mobile Apps with the supervision of Tech Specialist, Team Lead will be working closely with team members to achieve the common goals. The candidate will report into the Engineering Manager and will ensure timely and quality delivery of projects. This is very much a hands-on role to develop the system by designing, writing codes, code review and have constant check on industry standard practices followed. He/She will liaise with the UK colleagues throughout the development life cycle on day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities: Act as a middle layer/bridge between Engineering Manager and the team by taking over additional responsibilities such as development, code review, technical analysis, architecture design etc. Participate and track the progress in each phase of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) within the sprint. Acquire detailed product knowledge from functional, business, and architectural standpoint. Help in developing and maintaining the quality of Mobile Application along with comprehensive reusable, maintainable, scalable code base. Thorough review of peers code, follow industry best practices for the code done by the team members/peers. Create development execution plan per sprint in consultation with cross team development leads and to make sure its being followed on granular level. Analyze the requirements and make sure there is a common understanding on the same across the team. Help Mobile Manager to implement industry standard practices on needs basis to improve the quality of applications and delivery. Provide useful insights to tech Specialist and Development Team in designing Architecture, Development strategy. Create useful sprint level plans, covering key aspects such as Sprint Build Share Plan, Bug Ratio, Slippage % etc. While working on a ground level, identify a risk, if any related to delivery, resources, processes etc. and highlight it to right channel. Coordinate with UK team, internal stakeholders for updates, queries, improvements etc. Provide assistance to Mobile Manager in conducting process gap analysis, root cause analysis.