Development Manager

Description
Etraveli Group is the globally leading company for tech solutions and fulfillment capabilities for online sales of flights. We are here to solve complexity, by connecting millions of flights and travelers across the globe, from search and selection to trip and beyond. We hold consumer online travel agency brands like Mytrip, GoToGate & Flight Network and serve exclusively Booking.com with flights. Etraveli Group has also established strategic partnerships with companies like Skyscanner, Google Flights and TUI.
Every day we strive to make the world smaller for our customers and bigger for our people. Our diverse team of more than 2400 passionate professionals is what makes us the industry’s tech wonder and the best in the world at what we do. Our major offices are in Sweden (HQ), Canada, Greece, India, Poland.
Life at Etraveli Group
Depending on how you want to grow we want to listen in on your future career plan. To be able to inspire you to be your best within a fast moving industry we work hard to provide for the best prerequisites to make you feel that you belong together with us on our journey, by giving you a lot of work freedom, time for self studies and a lot other fun activities together within the team and across the company to foster a great culture.
Do you want to be part of the next step in our growth journey?
In alignment with the growing targets and needs, we are currently on the lookout for a Development Manager, to become a valued member of our IT Development Department in Gothenburg.
The overall goal for the Development Manager is to create high performance, productive and healthy teams by driving continuous improvements. You will be overall responsible for a number of teams and to assist you in your role you have team leaders and management colleagues.
You will support, coach and lead development teams in respect to agile principles, and ensure that the team’s mission, goals, scope and product domain are understood by everyone.
Ensure that teams have a defined and efficient way of working in regards to planning, work and tooling.
Inspire and help the teams towards self-management to acquire new knowledge and to constantly improve.
Belong to a small, tight management group pursuing many topics with the overall goal to uphold Etraveli Technology as a great place to work.

You are genuinely interested in people, leading teams and helping others to succeed while at the same time taking overall responsibility for delivery from IT. The way we see it, the product owner is responsible for the team building the right things, the team lead is responsible for the team doing things right, and the development manager is responsible for things being done efficiently in the short and long run.
You are good at and like to facilitate meetings, drive learning through workshops, manage and lead individuals and teams in their careers and developments - be a part of something great. You will be an important part of Etraveli Technology's continued success and work closely with our other managers and coaches.
The way we work
We strive to work in small self-governing teams, with frequent releases. We adapt our working methods as needed and constantly work towards improving ourselves. Common to all is that we work with a test-driven mindset and that we have a vision around Continuous Delivery. We regularly have innovative activities where the teams get to work with both self-driven projects but also things like Hackathons and conferences. We also apply unplanned weeks for team-wide work on tools and technical improvements.
Our tech stack is Java, MySQL, React, Typescript and others. The development environment is in IntelliJ and case management takes place in Jira. We use Atlassian's entire product portfolio and have Git as a repo manager.
Requirements
Academic degree within IT Development
Solid understanding of agile methods
Documented leadership experience with focus on building collaborative teams and results
Experience of executing, coordinating, planning and following up activities that span across multiple teams and departments.
Strong drive for personal and professional development
Excellent communications skills in English.

As a person, you thrive in a fast-paced environment where conditions can change from one day to the next. Yes it is challenging, and yet, through good communication skills, you develop the teams as well as your leadership skills.
Benefits
At Etraveli Technology, you will be part of a gang of +180 people, all with different cutting-edge skills and personalities. We believe that it is precisely the differences that make us a good team because we share the same ambition - we strive for the same goals, are passionate about what we do and work hard.
Etraveli Group is a company that really wants to contribute to you reaching your full potential.
Our brand new office is located in Merkushuset in Gothenburg, a stone's throw from public transport and lunch restaurants.
We love gaming and after work activities.
We know the value of personal development and continuous training.
Hackathons and Dev Weeks - We believe in promoting creativity and trying new things. That's why we have recurring Hackathon and Dev weeks where the teams decide what they want to work on.
Wellness allowance - Each employee receives a maximum allowable amount each year according to the Swedish Tax Agency to spend on health-promoting activities.
Through partners, we offer comprehensive pension and health insurance so that you can quickly get help if the accident occurs.
We have a hybrid working model so once you are onboarded you have the flexibility to work from home two days a week.
And we serve breakfast every morning.

At Etraveli Group we value diversity; we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds. During hiring, we are committed to ensure equality and promote diversity in the workplace at every selection stage. As such, we provide the same opportunities for all candidates regardless of race, religion or belief, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected under any anti-discrimination law or regulation.
Welcome to Etraveli Group.