Lead Developer IV, Front End

About Us:

Sunwing Vacations Group is home to North America’s largest vacation brands, comprised of the leading Canadian leisure tour operators Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations, along with the growing United States based tour operator Vacation Express, together with the Group’s own travel retail businesses SellOffVacations.com and Luxe Destination Weddings. Our culture is driven by our EPIC Values (entrepreneurial, passionate, innovative, and customer-centric) and our teams work together to deliver our purpose “passionate people making vacation dreams come true”.

The Opportunity:

We're looking for a Lead Developer IV, Front End to join the team. You will be responsible for responsible for developing, designing, and delivering quality software to meet business objectives.

You will be an authoritative source on everything software-oriented, be a major player in key initiatives, and work closely with the Development and IT teams to ensure mutual and collaborative success. As a Lead, you are expected to spend the majority of your time facilitating and ensuring the success of the team, rather than always being hands-on in the code. Reporting to the Senior Lead Developer, this role supports the design, development, and delivery of technical solutions.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and Implement code, setting a very high standard for the team
• Be comfortable explaining, analyzing, and understanding Functional and Technical Requirements, and how it maps to coding
• Work closely with technical leaders in the Design process of Technical Requirements and Solutions, and drive certain areas in the Design
• Create prototypes, draw diagrams, analyze existing code, and research external sources
• Produce exceptional quality code which has minimal defects, is robust, extensible (future proof), and has some focus into performance considerations (scalability)
• Able to drive API design when called upon, and comfortable with a Micro-services-oriented Architecture
• Have a strong knowledge in Database concepts and Database table design, including normalization patterns and performance tuning
• Be comfortable working with external third parties on integration work, including interactions, coding, and consuming/(and potentially questioning) solutions and documentation
• Understand, follow, and provide feedback/identify areas of improvement in the Sunwing SDLC practices
• Participate in Team Scrum activities such as Sprint planning, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective, and lead/drive when necessary to assist the processes
• Responsible for Code reviews and providing feedback when Code is not correct or up to standards
• Assist testing processes and provide knowledge sharing with QA team
• Take initiative in Software documentation and assisting others in Documentation writing
• Take Initiative whenever something appears to “not be up to par”
• Know inside and out the Shared Technical guidelines for Best Practices, and provide feedback on process and practice where it can be improved
• Ensure and uphold coding standards and Best Practices
• Have a solid understanding and knowledge of the larger Sunwing technology stack (breadth and depth)
• Be comfortable interacting, communicating, and sharing ideas with both technical and non-technical minded personnel
• Keep up with technology and technology trends, and be able to work with Architecture to come up with new ways of solving problems
• Provide assistance in areas of Support interacting with areas the Developer is familiar with, and potentially areas beyond (potentially after normal working hours)
• Be able to quickly troubleshoot problems in the areas the Developer is familiar with, and works around (i.e. the larger group’s software portfolio), including the infrastructure landscape
• Identify issues, develop, and maintain processes that address and resolve them and communicate/alert stakeholders, as needed.
• Be extremely comfortable with all areas within the Technology and Infrastructure stack, and know the right questions to ask to isolate and resolve a problem, and come up with logical plans for resolution
• Ensure that the Team is able to deliver on their work, and assist in areas where they are facing issues or hardships

What You’ll Need:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in ecommerce, commercial operations, travel, airline, or tour operator environments.
• Work is peer-reviewed, minimal supervision and guidance is expected
• Strong problem solving ability within areas of familiarity, and able to grasp concepts quickly in areas not super familiar with
• Being a key driver in impactful outputs and major initiatives is expected, working with Senior IT leaders
• Flexible work schedule with the ability to work evenings and weekends.

What We Offer:

• Hybrid Work Opportunities.
• Grow your career with challenging and rewarding work that makes a difference.
• Opportunity to give back through our social responsibility initiatives.
• Work with a fun, passionate, travel-loving team!
• Great travel perks!
• Free parking.
• Open-concept, collaborative workspace.
• See for yourself! @sunwinglife

We thank all who apply however only those who meet the qualifications will be contacted.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion - Diversity makes us EPIC; we strive to foster a culture where employees feel uniquely themselves and part of a team. Violence and harassment prevention and response - We partnered with White Ribbon to help us create a survivor-centric, trauma informed policy and educational programs used by all our divisions. Total wellbeing - Our approach is for holistic opportunities to help employees Be EPIC and Be Well. Learning and development - Our offerings are focused on the development of competencies, personal leadership, and leadership in groups and teams.

We are also committed to employment equity and to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment. We welcome applications from everyone. We will accommodate all applicants throughout the hiring process. If you are an individual who requires accommodation to apply to this position, please email [email protected]