Manager, Software Development/Data Engineering

Amadeus • Salt Lake City, UT

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Summary of the role: Lead the evolution of Navitaire’s data organization from a centralized team model to a decentralized, domain-owned model with centralized governance. You’ll combine engineering leadership with hands-on development in modern data engineering practices to deliver high-quality data products and integration capabilities. You’ll be a change agent—defining operating models, improving governance standards, and partnering with core product development teams to embed data SMEs and accelerate delivery, while driving the transition toward cloud-based data platforms and services. This is a hybrid role and would require you to be in our Salt Lake City Office 50% of the time.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent 4-year degree.
• Relevant Work Experience: 5+ years in software development (agile), including C#/.NET and modern full-stack delivery (services + UI).
• Experience managing direct reports and leading multi-team initiatives; proven track record mentoring engineers and technical leads.
• Hands-on leadership in cloud transformations.
• Demonstrated change management capability: designing operating models, facilitating org transitions, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating data SMEs embedded into product teams, including training, documentation, and support plans.
• Skills (Required): C# / .NET (ASP.NET Core), API integration/implementation, and service-oriented architecture.
• Full-stack development: ability to collaborate on modern front-end frameworks (React/Angular) and integrate with back-end services.
• SQL/T-SQL: advanced query optimization, indexing, execution plan analysis, and troubleshooting.
• SQL operations: database performance monitoring, maintenance, and high-availability strategies.
• SSIS: design, deploy, and optimize ETL packages for data integration.
• Test automation and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub).
• Cloud-deployed solutions (Azure preferred): containers, infrastructure-as-code, identity & access, monitoring/observability.
• Kubernetes/Containerization: Docker image management, orchestration, scaling, and integration with CI/CD.
• Data integration technologies, data quality management, and data modeling.
• Data analytics/BI/reporting; ability to guide teams building reliable analytical products.
• Governance & risk: frameworks for data standards, lineage, privacy, access controls, and auditability.

Nice To Haves

• Skills (Preferred): Experience with data catalogs and lineage tools.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka/Service Bus).
• Exposure to domain-oriented data product concepts.
• Advanced container security and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transition to decentralized data ownership: establish roles, RACI, and collaboration patterns between domain teams and the central data governance function.
• Work with business data officer to improve and ensure data governance patterns and practices within the company.
• Collaborate on backlog management with product leads and engineering leads to prioritize, estimate, and deliver iterative value while setting capacity, commitments, and customer expectations.
• Mentor and grow multiple data teams: set clear performance metrics; develop people via coaching, career paths, and technical upskilling (e.g., C#, .NET, API design, CI/CD).
• Partner with Architects to design and deliver scalable data solutions (pipelines, APIs, services, and analytical products) for internal and external customers.
• Own the org design for embedding data engineering capability into product teams (structure, responsibilities, governance, and success measures), and drive a staged migration from the central team model with strong onboarding, documentation, and knowledge transfer to sustain long-term autonomy.
• Design and implement APIs and services (REST/gRPC) and full-stack features (e.g., ASP.NET Core back-ends and modern web frameworks) supporting data products and integrations.
• Drive cloud transformation outcomes (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP considered): modernize workloads, adopt managed services, and improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Ensure test automation and code quality: promote unit testing, contract testing, and CI/CD gates; champion observability (logs, metrics, tracing).
• Communicate with customers and stakeholders: scope requirements, provide consulting/training, and lead troubleshooting/problem solving with transparency.
• Continuously improve processes and solutions: run retrospectives, simplify architectures, and remove bottlenecks across teams.
• Be willing to occasionally work outside normal business hours to collaborate with international teams.

Benefits

• A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.
• A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.
• Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.
• A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.
• A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages, covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer, including salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.
• A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.
• A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees