Job Description

Posted 21 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 Travel Things team in Milan, Barcelona preferably, where we have our offices or any location within Italy or Spain(Hybrid) to create a one-stop-shop for our customers, where they can find the best travel options for their needs and experience amazing post-booking service in our best-rated mobile app. In the Travel Things area, our teams are working on our future ancillaries retail platform that will take the customer experience to the next level across new and innovative touchpoints, products and retail.  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 – more than 7M members in Prime

More than 100 million searches per day – Up to 6 billion daily AI predictions[e1]

Over 1,700 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 eDO Travel Things,  you will be in charge of:

• Leading the technical delivery of a critical product at eDreams.
• Working with top-notch tech stack including Java 17, ReactJS, GraphQL Kafka, BigTable, Redis, Machine Learning models, Datamesh architecture, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Sonarqube and Datadog.
• Collaborating with Product, Business, Architecture, Data Science to shape the technical strategy and evolution of the Conversion 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 the team.

• Leading a high performing cross functional agile team of 6-9 experienced software engineers and developers
• Ensuring the deliveries come home on time by delegating and distributing tasks accordingly, always having clarity about the plan, the status and advancing potential inconvenients
• Managing productivity performance, setting goals and prioritising work for your team, balancing the capacity of the team
• 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
• 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
• Ability of working effectively in a product-focused and agile environment.
• 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

Key technical skills and knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience with coding, OO design, system design, performance tuning, performance engineering, design patterns, data modelling
• Code base knowledge

• Knowledge and experience with distributed, concurrent and scalable systems
• Understanding of the last technologies in the market

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Applied AI Tools: Demonstrated comfort using practical AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, or other AI-powered assistants agreed by eDO (for security reasons).
• 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.

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! 💥 Prime Plus membership, competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible benefits, performance-based bonuses, birthday day off, discounts and partnerships, relocation support and the possibility of choosing your equipment and, even better, keeping it for free after 3 years.
• Continuous learning to fuel your growth and explore new horizons! 📚 Learn and grow with free Coursera access, soft skills workshops, tech training, leadership development, and more. Plus, enjoy a great onboarding program.
• Grow opportunities to empower your career, and unleash your potential! 🚀 Personalised career paths and the eVOLVE Program will help you discover, grow, and thrive. Internal mobility opportunities let you pursue horizontal career changes and promotions.
• Your Well-being is our priority. Embrace Freedom and Flexibility! 💙 At eDO, we value flexibility, employee care, and transparency. We offer a hybrid home-office model focused on outcome, not time-in-seat. You’ll be able to find the right work-personal life balance that suits you best.
• Work hard, party hard! We believe in having fun and connecting with colleagues! 🎉 Join eDO for after-work events, padel tournaments, parties, and more. Create communities based on your passions, like sports and music. Come to work as you are, with no dress code, and enjoy free fruit, coffee, and tea at our offices.
• Enjoy a dynamic and healthy environment! 💫 Be innovative, take risks, and share your ideas. Our diverse and open-minded teams support high performance, learning, and growth. You’ll work in an Agile mindset environment with recognition at our core.

  Wanna take a peek into what it’s like to work at eDO? Follow us on LinkedIn and discover more about life at eDO!

If you are ready for a career opportunity with unmatched benefits, continuous learning, and a supportive work-life balance, look no further!  Take your career to new destinations by applying now and help our diverse, inclusive, and passionate team shape the future of travel. 

Apply now!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Our people are the key of our success. Each one of them is unique in their own way and the respect for their uniqueness is and will always be a passion and motivation. Don’t meet every requirement? If you’re excited about this role but you do not feel your experience aligns perfectly with all the requirements we strongly encourage you to apply nevertheless.