Tech Lead, Software Engineering — Global Team & Flexible Work

Jeppesen ForeFlight; Odense; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

International team

Job summary

Jeppesen ForeFlight in Denmark is seeking a Tech Lead to guide the Engineering team while contributing as a hands-on software developer. You will shape architecture, maintain code quality, and promote best practices across the group responsible for pilots and flight operations software.

The role emphasizes mentoring, collaboration with product partners, and delivering reliable, high-quality software. You will balance coding with technical leadership, ensuring scalable services and strong

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience providing technical leadership on a team.
• Strong software design and architecture skills.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#).
• Experience with API design, databases, and building reliable, scalable services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship high-quality software as a hands-on contributor while dedicating a meaningful portion of time to core development work.
• Guide technical decisions for the team including architecture, design patterns, and technology choices.
• Break down complex product requirements into well-scoped technical plans and help estimate and sequence work.
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with engineering manager on team health, technical roadmap, and prioritization, without owning formal people-management responsibilities.
• Champion engineering best practices including testing, CI/CD, code review standards, and operational excellence.
• Identify technical debt and reliability risks and plan improvements alongside feature work.
• Collaborate with other tech leads and teams for cross-team alignment on architecture and systems.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis to improve system reliability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software design & architecture

Communication

Collaboration

CI/CD & testing

Tools

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

C#

Job description

Jeppesen ForeFlight in Denmark is seeking a Tech Lead to guide the Engineering team while contributing as a hands-on software developer. You will shape architecture, maintain code quality, and promote best practices across the group responsible for pilots and flight operations software.

The role emphasizes mentoring, collaboration with product partners, and delivering reliable, high-quality software. You will balance coding with technical leadership, ensuring scalable services and strong