Tech Lead – Aviation & Airlines Portfolio

What is the project, and why should you care?

In this role, you will join our Symphony Solutions Center of Excellence Tech Office. This team is responsible for evolving a digital platform that continuously delivers new features and enhances digital channel capabilities across aviation domains. You will work with extreme programming practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-first strategies to drive technical excellence and innovation.

You will be an excellent fit for this position if you have:

The role requires a proactive mindset and the ability to work with full autonomy.

• Experience: Minimum 5+ years as a Tech Lead within aviation and airline software development.
• Methodology: Agile (Scrum)
• Certifications: SAFe certified, with experience leading cross-functional teams.

Key Skills

• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Object-Oriented Programming & Design
• Database Management (relational, key-value, document)
• Continuous Integration & Infrastructure as Code
• Application Performance Analysis
• Performance and Load Testing

We also value complementary experiences such as side projects, proficiency in other tech stacks, or hidden talents that add to your professional versatility.

Here are some of the things you’ll be working on:

At Symphony Solutions, you will work closely with a portfolio of Symphony Solutions Centers of Excellence in Airlines and Aviation, as well as other domains, collaborating with and receiving support from various teams across the organization, including the Tech Office, Software Engineering, DevOps and Cloud Engineering, Business Analysis, Tech Leads, and Solutions Architecture teams.

As a Technical Lead, you will take ownership of the technical development practices across product teams. You will manage the technical debt backlog and act as the key interface between Product Owners, Architecture, and Engineering teams.

– Maintainability:

• Guide teams through design patterns (e.g., circuit breaker, retry policy) and best practices.
• Promote pair/mob programming, code reviews, and code quality.
• Manage library dependencies (updates, deprecations, versioning).
• Oversee tools such as SonarQube and linters.

– Testing:

• Guide testing practices aligned with QA strategies and plans.
• Review and ensure adequate test coverage.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with QA and Product Owners on epic-level functionalities.
• Challenge design approaches and manage complex or conflicting features.
• Mentor junior developers and coordinate delivery on epics and technical tasks.

– Deployability:

• Define, evolve, and review CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure.
• Establish and refine branching strategies.

– Security:

• Identify and manage potential vulnerabilities and technical debt.
• Review and act on security reports and alerts.

– Observability:

• Collaborate with Solution Architects to review definitions and APM tools (e.g., Dynatrace).
• Define alerting strategies with QA.
• Review application events, logs, and telemetry.

– Performance & Scalability:

• Support teams in implementing load, performance, and synthetic tests.
• Assess bottlenecks and guide optimization strategies.

How you will work

You will operate within product-oriented, agile teams with full ownership and autonomy within your defined scope, as well as across managed service teams.

Growth & Support Symphony Solutions offers a well-defined career path for technical leads, ensuring opportunities for growth and professional development.