Manager, Engineering – Flight Management-1

External Job Title:  Engineering manager
Position type: Permanent
Location: Bogota
Job family: Manager

About Your Business Area/Department:

Altea Flight Management (FM) ensures every aircraft stays within safe weight and balance limits by calculating how passengers, cargo, fuel, and baggage affect the center of gravity. It is used by 120+ airlines and 60+ ground handlers worldwide and plays a critical role in flight safety, efficiency, and CO₂ reduction.

We have FM R&D teams across Bangalore, Bogota and London. This role is based in Bogota and will strengthen our two existing FM teams. Our ambition is for Bogota to become one of the key hubs of excellence for FM engineering.

Summary of the role:

You will lead a cross-functional Scrum team (analysts, software engineers, QA engineers) within the Galaxy Express 999 SAFe train, delivering new features, automation and innovation for the FM product.

In this role you’ll:

Lead and grow the team

• Create an inclusive, collaborative, high trust environment.
• Support the development of team members through coaching, career paths, and training plans.
• Set objectives, provide continuous feedback, and run performance reviews.
• Drive recruitment to build a balanced, skilled team.

Ensure strong delivery

• Help the team remove blockers and work autonomously.
• Ensure high quality, stable FM features are delivered on time.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, RTE, other R&D teams, and Implementation groups.
• Raise the team’s engineering excellence and efficiency.

Strengthen engagement and culture

• Share product vision and connect team work to company goals.
• Encourage involvement in engagement and engineering initiatives (Engage, a3E).
• Support talent retention and team motivation.

Shape the future of FM

• Contribute to the FM roadmap, innovation topics, and internship projects.
• Help define the organisation of FM components for long-term success.
• Represent FM within Amadeus and with customers.
• Support our goal of establishing Bogota as a major FM R&D hub of excellence.

About the ideal candidate:

• Degree in Computer Science or similar, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in software engineering.
• Experience with Agile/SAFe.
• Management experience.
• Travel IT industry knowledge is a plus.

Business understanding

• Ability to work with complex, large-scale, 24/7 systems.
• Awareness of airline and airport operations and Amadeus processes.

What we can offer you:

• Get rewarded with competitive remuneration, individual and company annual bonus, vacation and holiday paid time off, health insurances and other competitive benefits.
• A Hybrid working model

• Professional development to broaden your knowledge and enhance your skills with on-line learning hubs packed with technical and soft skills training that allow you to develop and grow.
• Enter a diverse and inclusive workplace, join one of the world’s top travel technology companies and take on a role that impacts millions of travelers around the globe.

🎯 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.

Application process: 

The application process takes no longer than 10 minutes!
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Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.  

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.