Manager, Software DevelopmentData Engineering

Summary of the role:

Lead the evolution of Navitaires data organization from a centralized team model to a decentralized domain-owned model with centralized governance. Youll combine engineering leadership with hands-on development in modern data engineering practices to deliver high-quality data products and integration capabilities. Youll be a change agentdefining operating models improving governance standards and partnering with core product development teams to embed data SMEs and accelerate delivery while driving the transition toward cloud-based data platforms and services. This is a hybrid role and would require you to be in our Salt Lake City Office 50% of the time.

In this role youll:

• Lead the transition to decentralized data ownership: establish roles RACI and collaboration patterns between domain teams and the central data governance function.

• Work with business data officer to improve and ensure data governance patterns and practices within the company.

• Collaborate on backlog management with product leads and engineering leads to prioritize estimate and deliver iterative value while setting capacity commitments and customer expectations.

• Mentor and grow multiple data teams: set clear performance metrics; develop people via coaching career paths and technical upskilling (e.g. C# .NET API design CI/CD).

• Partner with Architects to design and deliver scalable data solutions (pipelines APIs services and analytical products) for internal and external customers.

• Own the org design for embedding data engineering capability into product teams (structure responsibilities governance and success measures) and drive a staged migration from the central team model with strong onboarding documentation and knowledge transfer to sustain long-term autonomy.

• Design and implement APIs and services (REST/gRPC) and full-stack features (e.g. Core back-ends and modern web frameworks) supporting data products and integrations.

• Drive cloud transformation outcomes (Azure preferred AWS or GCP considered): modernize workloads adopt managed services and improve reliability performance and cost efficiency.

• Ensure test automation and code quality: promote unit testing contract testing and CI/CD gates; champion observability (logs metrics tracing).

• Communicate with customers and stakeholders: scope requirements provide consulting/training and lead troubleshooting/problem solving with transparency.

• Continuously improve processes and solutions: run retrospectives simplify architectures and remove bottlenecks across teams.

• Be willing to occasionally work outside normal business hours to collaborate with international teams.

About the ideal candidate:

Education:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Information Systems or equivalent 4-year degree.

Relevant Work Experience:

• 5 years in software development (agile) including C#/.NET and modern full-stack delivery (services UI).

• Experience managing direct reports and leading multi-team initiatives; proven track record mentoring engineers and technical leads.

• Hands-on leadership in cloud transformations.

• Demonstrated change management capability: designing operating models facilitating org transitions and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

• Experience coordinating data SMEs embedded into product teams including training documentation and support plans.

Skills (Required):

• C# / .NET ( Core) API integration/implementation and service-oriented architecture.

• Full-stack development: ability to collaborate on modern front-end frameworks (React/Angular) and integrate with back-end services.

• SQL/T-SQL: advanced query optimization indexing execution plan analysis and troubleshooting.

• SQL operations: database performance monitoring maintenance and high-availability strategies.

• SSIS: design deploy and optimize ETL packages for data integration.

• Test automation and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub).

• Cloud-deployed solutions (Azure preferred): containers infrastructure-as-code identity & access monitoring/observability.

• Kubernetes/Containerization: Docker image management orchestration scaling and integration with CI/CD.

• Data integration technologies data quality management and data modeling.

• Data analytics/BI/reporting; ability to guide teams building reliable analytical products.

• Governance & risk: frameworks for data standards lineage privacy access controls and auditability.

Skills (Preferred):

• Experience with data catalogs and lineage tools.

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka/Service Bus).

• Exposure to domain-oriented data product concepts.

• Advanced container security and observability practices.

Working at Amadeus you will find

• A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.

• A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global from our people to our business which translates into our footprint processes and culture.

• Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus through on-the-job training formal learning activities and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.

• A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.

• A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer including salary bonus equity and benefits.

• A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation creativity and collaboration across our organization.

• A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers partners and employees.

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