Software Development Manager - Meta Business

• Chiasso, Switzerland


• Full-time


• Department: Technology

Company Description

Launched in 1998, this pioneering British-born brand has specialised in creating amazing experiences and unforgettable memories - from hotels, city breaks and holidays to theatre, entertainment and spa days. Experts in brightening up online travel, lastminute.com is among the worldwide leaders in the field, helping hundreds of thousands of customers every year find, and do, "whatever makes them pink".

lastminute.com is part of lm group, publicly traded multinational Group, among the worldwide leaders in the online travel industry. Every month, the Group reaches across all its websites and mobile apps (in 17 languages and 40 countries) 60 million unique users that search for and book their travel and leisure experiences. More than 1,200 people enjoy working with us and contribute to provide our audience with a comprehensive and inspiring offering of travel related products and services

Job Description

We are looking for brilliant people to join and help us expand our Metasearch technology team based in Chiasso. If you are passionate about software engineering and think you have the skills to help build and lead a team - then you have come to the right place!

We have a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate who is looking to step up and advance to the next level in their career, this opening offers the chance to lead one or multiple international technology teams and building, managing and evolving software solutions working with Big Data and cutting edge technologies. You will cooperate with multiple international teams across our organisation, designing and deploying solutions that will empower our people to unlock new markets across the ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and mentor remote technology teams, located in multiple countries


• Support the design process and implementation of complex software solutions.


• Reverse engineering and refactoring of legacy systems.


• Integrate with major online platforms and services as well as developing tools used internally.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a technology team


• Experience in PHP would be advantageous


• Experience in Javascript/ECMAScript


• Experience developing REST


• Experience with SQL Databases (Querying, Design)


• Experience with Docker


• Excellent problem solving capabilities


• Excellent communication skills


• Positive and collaborative attitude


• Curiosity and passion for continuous improvement


• Excellent knowledge of English

What we offer

• Ability to lead and manage one or multiple teams located in different geographies


• Working in an international environment, possibility to travel to multiple locations across Europe and Asia


• Continuous learning program with internal didactic unit


• Possibility to join conferences around Europe for continuous improvement


• Flexible working hours


• Remote working (2 days per week)

 Hiring Process

• Feedback concerning their application from our Talent Acquisition team


• Technical interview with one of the senior developers - usually a talk about about technical topics, experiences and analyzing possible production scenarios


• Final candidates will be invited for the interview with Hiring Manager