Engineering Team Lead API

ABOUT US

Hostelworld Group PLC a groundbreaking social network powered OTA focused on the hostel market with a clear mission to help travellers find people to hang out with.

Founded in 1999 were a wellknown trusted brand with 240 team mates across 11 countries; hostel partners in 180 countries; and a strong commitment to building a better world in all that we do.

In particular our focus in the last few years has been on improving the sustainability of the hostelling industry through our membership of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC); our active involvement in the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI); our partnerships with Bureau Veritas to establish emissions benchmarks for the hostelling industry; and our recent partnership with the South Pole to offset all our greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 and 2022. You can read more about our story here: Hostelworld site.

Hostelworld is listed on the London Stock Exchange Dublin Euronext and is an Investors in Diversity accredited employer.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

You will lead an established team of 3 Developers and a QA Engineer. Your team working alongside SRE and DBAs will deliver new features on Hostelworlds API Platform. Your team will work alongside 3 other API teams to deliver an exciting modernisation project. You will be expected to act as a Technical and Agile Leader to grow people collaborate with others identify and amplify value.

WHAT YOULL DO

The role requires both killer tech and people management skills. Youll be responsible for:

• Evolving our Technical Direction/Architecture/Best Practices by working with our Architects and our Architectural Community of Practice (CoP).
• Communicating the Technical Direction/Architecture/Best Practices established by the CoP to your team ensuring they are understood and.
• Developing the teams Scrum processes with an emphasis on creating a selforganising team that focuses on delivering value into Production constantly.
• Mentor team members. Ensure they receive frequent performance feedback and are continuously learning.
• Work your Team Business and Technical stakeholders to plan/scope features via quarterly planning sessions.
• Understand which projects are on track and which are blocked and escalate as required.
• Ensure that applications developed by your team are consistently monitored for Latency Errors and cost.
• Create and support a rewarding working environment that aligns with the company culture.

WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR

Experience & Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years professional development experience in Node.js using typescript.
• Strong understanding of Design Patterns (particularly within the Microservice Architecture)
• Strong experience developing and maintaining Cloud Native applications (we use GCP)
• Strong experience with NoSQL DBs (we use Firestore and Mongo)
• Strong CI/CD experience
• Experience working with remote teams.
• Preferred experience with an API Gateway (we use Apigee).
• Previous experience with MariaDB and PHP would be nice to have.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent communication skills (proficient in both spoken and written English)
• Excellent analytical / problem solving ability.
• Ability to understand software development in terms of business value.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• A selfstarter who is solutionsfocused
• A passionate learner

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & benefits
• Enhanced annual leave plus 3 Wellbeing Days per year
• Paid family leave (maternity paternity surrogacy & adoption)
• Agile working (plus a Working from Abroad Policy!)
• Support for your ongoing growth & development
• Inclusive people policies (sickness menopause compassionate and fertility leave)
• A chance to give back in your local community with 5 paid volunteering days

OUR BEHAVIOURS

• Grow others We fundamentally believe that investing in growing others benefits everyone whether its helping them develop hard or soft skills. We want learning and growing to be part of our DNA to help makes us a better team together.
• Master it We are obsessed with our area of expertise and enjoy developing our skills. We rarely take things at face value; we investigate interrogate and always look for the why and wherever possible we use data to find the best solution.
• Collaborate We are in it together for the tough stuff and the celebrations too. To achieve the best results we need expertise from all areas of the organisation and we wholeheartedly welcome diverse thinking.
• Adapt We work fluidly adapting to new information and the evolving environment while staying committed to our goals. Innovation and experimentation fuel our projects and were never afraid to pivot.
• Deliver Our focus is always on the end result; we value outcomes over activity. We collaborate to deliver work at speed without dropping any of our other behaviours.

Our people are key to our success. Our talented and diverse teams reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we operate. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you dont have to meet all the requirements listed above to apply for this role.