API Tech Lead

Take the lead in shaping scalable, reliable API platforms that power modern travel booking and distribution experiences worldwide. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across systems supporting travel shopping, reservations, fulfillment, servicing, and retailing. Working closely with the Technical Director, you will guide architectural decisions, review complex integrations, and ensure engineering solutions align with business objectives and technical standards. You will leverage your expertise in Java, distributed systems, cloud technologies, and travel industry platforms to support modernization and innovation. Beyond architecture, you will mentor engineers, identify technical risks, and foster engineering excellence across multidisciplinary teams. This remote opportunity is ideal for a technically accomplished professional who combines deep travel domain knowledge with strategic thinking, collaborative leadership, and a passion for building resilient digital solutions.

• Technical leadership experience: Demonstrated experience leading technical reviews, evaluating solution architectures, and guiding engineering teams through complex design and implementation decisions.

• Travel industry expertise: Strong knowledge of travel technology and industry domains, particularly airline distribution, NDC, GDS, booking, fulfillment, and servicing processes.

• Software engineering background: Solid experience with Java, API development, distributed systems, and modern software architecture principles.

• Cloud and containerization expertise: Practical experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies used to build and operate scalable services.

• API architecture and integration skills: Ability to evaluate API contracts, system integrations, architectural patterns, and service dependencies while ensuring interoperability, maintainability, and performance.

• Security and reliability knowledge: Strong understanding of software security, scalability, resilience, availability, and software quality principles, with the ability to apply these considerations to architectural decisions.

• Modernization experience: Familiarity with platform transformation, architecture evolution, and improving existing systems to meet changing technical and business requirements.

• Mentoring and collaboration: Proven ability to coach engineers, promote technical excellence, facilitate constructive discussions, and encourage knowledge sharing across teams.

• Communication and stakeholder management: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts, present recommendations, challenge assumptions diplomatically, and collaborate effectively with senior technical leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strategic and analytical thinking: Strong problem-solving skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to identify risks, assess trade-offs, and recommend solutions that balance immediate delivery needs with long-term platform goals.

• Adaptability and curiosity: A proactive mindset, intellectual curiosity, and the confidence to question established approaches while remaining focused on practical outcomes and successful engineering delivery.

• Collaborative leadership style: Ability to influence technical direction without relying on formal authority, partner closely with the Technical Director, and support engineering teams in delivering high-quality solutions.