Engineering Lead - Ruby

Whereto, A Flight Centre Company; East London; Remote; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel company seeks an Engineering Lead to drive innovation and lead a talented team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Ruby on Rails, strong programming skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in an international team. The role offers a robust benefits package, including travel discounts and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Discounts on travel

25 days off plus 5 compensation days

Free language learning platform access

Employee Retention Share Scheme

Various social events

Professional development focus

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails preferred.
• Strong communication skills in an international environment.
• Knowledge of business travel is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in designing solutions for customers.
• Ensure system reliability and advocate best practices.
• Design and create new solutions used by customers.
• Adjust team processes based on feedback.
• Participate in product roadmap elaboration.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Experience with Ruby on Rails (5+ years)

Communication ability

Team player

Job description

Overview Engineering Lead - Ruby at FCM Travel Spain Flight Centre Travel Group is one of the world's largest travel companies with over 12, employees globally — we call them 'Flighties'.

With over thirty brands under our family tree and headquarters in more than twenty countries, our roles are diverse and our opportunities are endless.

We're a great place to work : we've been voted a 'Great Place to Work', including recognitions for Wellbeing and Women.

We live our philosophy of putting our people first and opening up the world for those who want to see it, driven by our purpose to connect people with travel experiences.

Are you an engineering leader or a seasoned developer ready to step into technical leadership?

We're seeking an experienced engineer to drive innovation and excellence in a dynamic, international environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a talented team in designing cutting‑edge solutions for both internal and external customers.
• Be the technical visionary, ensuring system reliability, championing best practices, and actively shaping the product roadmap.
• Combine hands‑on technical work with strategic leadership — mitigating outages and optimizing team processes while advocating for the team’s mission across the organization.
• As the technical leader of the team: design and create new solutions widely used by internal or external customers.
• Lead the technical excellence of the system and create plans to mitigate outages.
• Adjust team processes based on feedback and guide the team through changes.
• Challenge the architecture and automation processes.
• Support the internal organization of the team.
• Participate in roadmap elaboration alongside the Head of Engineering and the Product team.
• Advocate for the mission of the team within the company.

Experience & Qualifications

• Strong programming skills.
• Ideally 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Experience working in Scrum or similar.

Other Requirements

• A strong communication ability, both in private and in public.
• You are comfortable working in an international team, in English.
• Spanish or French would be a plus.
• Knowledge of business travel will be a real asset.
• You know how to be a team player.

Benefits

• Discounts on travel and accommodation to tick destinations off your bucket list.
• 25 days off per year plus 5 compensation days.
• Free language learning platform access (Global Exam).
• Employee Retention Share Scheme through Equate Plus.
• Various social events and discounts with GymApp.
• Complementary coffee, drinks, snacks and fruits at our Barcelona office location.
• Strong focus on professional development to support career evolution.
• Our number one philosophy is Our people.

Flight Centre Travel Group's promise is to provide an environment with equality of respect, dignity and opportunity for all employees.

We value an inclusive and supportive workplace which reflects the diversity of our society.

We welcome accommodation requests to help make our hiring and onboarding experience as accessible as possible.

Please advise us about accommodation needs at any point by contacting our Recruitment Team at Irreverence.