Lead Developer Loyalty

Company description:

Scandinavian Airlines System SAS

Job description:

Loyalty Solutions and the feature team EuroBonus Commercial Development & Partnerships at SAS Digital & IT is looking for a Lead Developer. 

As Lead Developer your main responsibilities will be to: 

• Lead end-to-end technical development, with a primary focus on frontend technologies. 
• Oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of robust, scalable, and secure applications. 
• Define and maintain a long-term vision and roadmap for applications within the technology stack, in alignment with domain architecture. 
• Together with the Product Owner, align application strategy with business objectives, user needs, and evolving technology trends. 
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices including use of AI, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation. 
• Ensure all applications comply with relevant regulations, security policies, and industry standards. 
• Champion strong cybersecurity practices throughout the application lifecycle. 
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of critical systems. 
• Oversee and continuously improve application performance monitoring, observability, and alerting. 
• Participate hands-on in development to support teams in solving complex technical challenges. 
• Promote the use of modular, maintainable, and reusable code to increase development efficiency. 
• Elevate software quality by advocating best practices, conducting code reviews, and facilitating knowledge sharing. 
• Act as a coach and mentor for both offshore and onshore development teams, fostering collaboration and shared ownership. 
• Cultivate a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence across the development community. 
• Ensure disciplined use of tooling to achieve effective communication, documentation, and traceability across the product lifecycle. 

We are looking for someone with strong experience in:

• Node.js & TypeScript
• React.js och moderna frontendramverk
• REST- och GraphQL-API:er
• Spring Boot i mikrotjänstarkitekturer
• Databaser: MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB och MongoDB
• CI/CD och DevOps: Git/GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker
• Infrastructure as Code: Pulumi och/eller Terraform
• Azure, Kubernetes och containerorkestrering
• Prestandaoptimering, cross-platform frontend och micro-frontends
• Monorepo-arkitektur
• Observability- och monitoreringsverktyg: Kibana, Grafana
• Contentful
• K9s
• AI-workflows och optimering

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 
• Minimum 5 years of proven professional experience within software development and operations. 
• 2–5 years of professional experience in software development within airline loyalty programs or similar domains. 
• Good knowledge of the airline industry and airline technology. 
• Prior experience in a senior development lead or mentoring role. 
• Strong coding skills and knowledge of modern development tools and practices. 

We believe you are:

• Eager to put your creativity and sense of innovation to work to further develop SAS. 
• Someone who enjoys being part of a high-performing, multi-skilled, customer-centric team. 
• A strong team player who keeps SAS's overall interest in mind and avoids sub-optimizing. 
• Passionate about keeping up to date with the latest technology trends and research. 
• Driven to improve — you enjoy taking on challenges and finding solutions. 
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal, comfortable with business stakeholders and IT providers alike. 
• Open-minded and embracing of cultural differences. 
• A natural coach with strong team-building skills, fostering cross-functional collaboration. 
• Someone who contributes to an open and learning culture. 
• Able to analyze problems and incidents and come up with working solutions. 
• Able to translate business needs into IT requirements and specifications. 

Other:

• Travel to development teams at offshore partner expected 1–2 times per year. 
• Reporting to the Head of Loyalty Solutions in business unit Commercial Solutions, Digital & IT. 

Additional information

• Last day to send in your application is 24/9-2026. Please send us your CV as soon as possible as interviews are conducted continuously and the position may be filled before the application deadline. Note that we are not able to handle applications sent by email, due to GDPR regulations. 
• Position: Full-time (100%) starting with a 6-month probation period. 
• This position is based in Frösundavik, Solna (Stockholm). You will be expected to work onsite. Remote work may also be an option, depending on the agreement made with your manager. 
• A background check will be conducted at the first stage of this recruitment process, as this role is security classified. We kindly ask you to be transparent about any relevant matters during the recruitment process. 
• Please note that we do not sponsor work visas for this position. Applicants must be eligible to live and work in Sweden.