Engineering Leader Level 1

Tech & Data

Medior

Vwo/Wo

32-40 hours

With your technology skills, you will facilitate KLM’s Inflight Services and be responsible for hands-on delivery: building, maintaining, and integrating complex KLM frontend/backend systems and APIs in our catering domain.As a result of your work, our suppliers, partners, customers, crew, and station managers will receive optimised product forecasting for flight schedules and products on board, positively impacting sustainability and our customer and crew experience.

What will you do?

Combine hands-on contributions in engineering and architecture with managing a group of software engineers on the same business platform. The Engineering Leader is responsible for the individual career development, performance and well-being of the team’s software engineers. Delegated by the Director of Technology, they will drive the technical strategy and architecture of one or more products within the platform, defining the architecture vision & roadmap together with the Director of Technology with input from the engineers and engineering leaders. The engineering leaders drive the engineering communities of practice, culture, craftsmanship, best practices and mindset to create the optimal work climate that generates maximum business impact.

Where do you land?

You will land in Business Platform Flight and together with your colleagues, you will be technically responsible for building the future and roadmap of our digital systems and finding engaging and productive ways for the partners, customers, caterers, station managers and crew to interact with those applications.

Your profile

You are a leader who embraces agile working and has ambitions to learn about Flight Operations business processes and translate those into future-proof roadmap architecture and IT solutions.With your strong communication skills you are equipped to seamlessly switch your communication style for different stakeholders such as business stakeholders, software engineers, business product analysts, scrum masters, product owners and of course the end users, our crew, suppliers and partners.

• You should have a Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related field.
• You should have 7+ years of software engineering background with proficiency in native cloud/Azure engineering, observability, security, and the DevOps methodology. You should demonstrate expertise in crafting and implementing top-tier, highly accessible, scalable backend applications and APIs using Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka.
• You should have solid architectural and system design capabilities, including expertise in best practices and methodologies.
• Additionally, experience in complex projects, particularly within a large-scale enterprise setting, is advantageous.

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More benefits

If your position allows this: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean)

2% development budget to be spent freely

Plenty of room for personal development and great career opportunities

Substantial discount on airline tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months)

What do we offer

• A gross salary between €0,000 and €9,999 per month;
• Plenty of scope for personal development and great advancement opportunities;
• Labour market allowance;
• An excellent pension scheme and 8% holiday allowance;
• A year-end bonus of 8.33%; or a variable income of up to 16%;
• A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
• 25 leave days and 5 extra days off;
• 7 extra days off if you work irregular shifts;
• Substantial discount on airfare (when you have been employed for at least 6 months);
• A travel expense scheme and free use of the bus network around Schiphol;
• If your job allows it: working from home and up to 8 weeks working from abroad (EU and Caribbean);
• 2% development budget;

Point of view

Data

Ready for your next destination?

Don’t wait any longer and apply for this function before the final boarding call on 07/10/2024! A motivation letter is no longer required; we will simply ask you a couple of questions during your online application. Within two weeks, you will receive a message from us. Your application procedure consists of .Did you know that according to research, women are less likely to apply than men when they don't meet all the job requirements? What a shame. Because, in our view, 'the perfect candidate' is a myth. So, if you have the drive to grow in aspects of this role, we look forward to your application.A file check (for ex-KLM-employees) and/or a reference check can be part of the application procedure. By applying for this vacancy you consent to these checks.

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If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, contact our recruiter Priya or hiring manager Sarah!This job has the following ID number: 16744