Lead, IT Software Developer IV

Location: Bogotá, Colombia

World Kinect is seeking a highly skilled Lead, IT Software Developer IV to drive technical excellence and innovation within our aviation flight planning domain.

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on solving complex engineering challenges, developing business-critical solutions, mentoring engineers, and helping shape the technical direction of our products.

What You'll Do

Build and Deliver Business-Critical Solutions

• Design, develop, and implement complex, high-impact features and systems from architecture through production deployment.
• Own technical solutions end-to-end using Agile methodologies and sprint-based development.
• Build proof-of-concepts and prototypes to evaluate new approaches and technologies.
• Lead efforts to modernize, refactor, and optimize legacy applications and frameworks.

Shape Technical Direction

• Partner with Architects, Product Owners, and Engineering Leadership to define technical roadmaps and future-state solutions.
• Provide technical expertise and recommendations that align engineering decisions with business objectives.
• Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and scalability challenges.

Drive Engineering Excellence

• Champion software quality through robust testing, code coverage, code reviews, and development best practices.
• Promote secure development practices and proactively address security vulnerabilities.
• Support and improve CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and engineering efficiency.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation.

Elevate the Team

• Serve as a technical resource and mentor for other engineers.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure high standards across the team.
• Help establish engineering patterns, practices, and standards that improve consistency and quality.
• Act as a technical leader by influencing decisions, unblocking teammates, and driving collaboration across teams.

What Success Looks Like

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy solving complex technical problems.
• Take ownership of technical solutions from concept through delivery.
• Balance hands-on development with technical mentorship and guidance.
• Continuously look for opportunities to improve systems, processes, and engineering practices.
• Influence and lead through technical expertise rather than formal authority.
• Are interested in growing toward a future Tech Lead position.

Why Join World Kinect?

• Work on business-critical aviation and flight planning solutions.
• Solve complex engineering challenges in a highly technical environment.
• Influence product and architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers, architects, and product leaders.
• Develop technical leadership skills while remaining hands-on with software development.
• Follow a clear pathway toward future technical leadership opportunities.

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