Engineering Lead Ruby

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WhereTo is a business travel startup from San Francisco that evolved into an agile development and design studio within the Flight Centre family. We build travel solutions used by some of the largest companies on the planet - we have just one goal: making business travel better for everybody.

WhereTo provides an AI-powered travel platform for corporate travel. Our platform uses machine learning algorithms to recommend personalized travel options based on a travelers preferences company policies and budget. Our technology also allows for real-time travel tracking reporting and cost analysis enabling companies to optimize their travel programs and reduce costs.

About The Opportunity...

Are you a engineering leader or a seasoned developer ready to step into technical leadershipWere seeking an experienced engineer to drive innovation and excellence in a dynamic international environment.

Lead a talented team in designing cutting-edge solutions for both internal and external customers. Youll be the technical visionary ensuring system reliability championing best practices and actively shaping our product roadmap. This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic leadership - from mitigating outages to optimizing team processes and advocating for your teams mission across the organization.

As the technical leader of the team:

• Designs and creates new solutions that are widely used either by internal or external customers
• Leads the technical excellence of the system and creates plans to mitigate outages
• Adjust the team processes listening to feedback and guiding the team through changes
• Challenge the architecture and automation processes
• Support the internal organisation of the team
• Be an active participant of the roadmap elaboration alongside the Head of Engineering and the Product team
• Be an advocate of the mission of the team within company

Experience & Qualifications...

• Strong programming skills
• Ideally5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience working in Scrum or similar

Other Requirements...

• A strong communication ability both in private and in public
• You are comfortable working in an international team in English
• Also Spanish or French would be a plus.
• Knowledge of business travel will be a real asset
• You know how to be a team player and reliable!
• Sense of humour

Your benefits...

• Tick destinations off your bucket list with our discounts on travel and accommodation.
• Enjoy 25 Days Off per year plus 5 Compensation days!
• Learn a new language with our free language learning platform (Global Exam).
• Employee Retention Share Scheme through Equate Plus.
• Various social events to promote networking the celebration of wins and sometimes just for fun! (Global Gathering 2024 - Portugal).
• Enjoy our discounts with GymApp.
• Complementary coffee drinks snacks and fruits at our Barcelona office location.
• A strong focus on professional development to support you in the evolution of your career.

Who we are...

As part of Flight Centre Travel Group our is toopen up the world for those who want to see.

We encourage you toDREAM BIGthrough collaboration and innovation and make sure you are supported to make incredible ideas a reality. Together we deliver quality innovative solutions that delight our customers and achieve our strategic priorities.

Irreverence. Ownership. Egalitarianism.

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