Technical Team Lead

Founded in 2017,  TripArc is a $750 million privately held company powers the top Travel Agencies and Tour Operators in North America. Our expansive and growing network empowers seamless access to a comprehensive range of travel options and services globally with over $750 million transactions annually - all at the industry’s best rates.

As an industry leader in technology, purchasing, finance, HR and marketing, we know how to deliver solutions to travel professionals in the most effective way possible. With deep experience in partnering with two leading brands in the luxury travel space – Kensington Tours and Travel Edge –  TripArc has real insight into the needs of tour operators and travel agencies today.

TripArc’s  goals are simple. To make our network of over 1400 travel entities more profitable, efficient and help them create truly unique travel for their clients.

This is a hybrid position with currently 2-days a week onsite from our office located at 2 Queen St. E in Toronto, ON. 

The Role 
TripArc’s Hotel Gateway team is looking for an experienced Technical Team Leader to help manage a team of developers to build out software aligned to our roadmap initiatives. Initiates in our portfolio include empowering Travel Advisors to craft exceptional travel experiences for their end-customers. Our various software solution space covers a range of tasks, including itinerary building to quote and booking management. You will work alongside a multi-functional team composed of technology leadership, product managers, UX designers and project management professionals, with an ultimate goal of driving sales performance and revenue growth.

Your work will involve working with the project team to craft a development backlog for your development team. You will become the owner and expert of your domain, gaining a deep understanding of the platform and the overall market. You will be an active development resource and mentor to your team, including their individual growth. You will own the project from inception to a strong CI/CID release management environment, adhering to our DevOps guidelines.

TripArc is mid-SAFe adoption. Exposure to SAFe and/or PI Planning are assets. That said, we welcome candidates that are ready to embrace the framework. We look for problem solvers, not technicians and look for self-motivated individuals with diverse backgrounds.

How We Build

We expect every developer on this team to use AI coding tools — GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, whatever fits their flow — as a standard part of how they build software. As Team Leader, you set that tone: you know how to get real leverage from AI-assisted development without cutting corners on quality, and you coach your team to do the same. We move faster because of these tools, and we ship with confidence because of the quality gates, code review culture, and testing discipline that sit alongside them.

Responsibilities

• Team leadership responsibilities to ensure underlying software team is developing software that has been tested, integrated, and meets high development standards.
• Assist in evaluating new functionality requests on a value scale for the business.
• Actively participate in team meetings and offer recommendations/ideas on design projects.
• Work with Product Owner, Developer manager and Architects to estimate, plan, test, integrate and deliver complex, scalable software.
• Own team sprint velocity for consistent delivery (including SPIKES, QA, documentation)
• Own team code quality and best practices and ensure quality builds (reviewing clean code standards, unit test coverage, documentation, package/components, etc.)
• Keep up to date on the latest technology trends and tools
• Review resources and constraints
• Ensure work progress to schedule and keep (internal) customers informed of the project’s progress.
• Develop software that has been tested, integrated, and meets both your and our high development standards
• Create design documents and documentation to ensure efficient maintenance.
• Interact with key partners and internal users regarding timelines, technical issues, and infrastructure integration.
• Ensure work Is delivered on schedule and keep (internal) customers informed of the project’s progress.
• Explore and make recommendations based on current trends, techniques, technologies that could have a positive impact on your work.
• Champion AI-assisted development practices across the team, ensuring developers get real leverage from tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Cursor without compromising code quality, review standards, or test coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering is preferred but not required.
• AI tooling is a first-class part of how you work and lead — you have a real workflow with tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor, and can coach others in effective, quality-conscious AI-assisted development.
• 6 years’ (+/-) experience with the Microsoft .NET technology stack, experience with Core is an asset.
• Azure Certification is an asset
• Experience demonstrating a combination of skills including C#, SQL, Entity Framework, MVC Patterns CQRS, MVVM, Anti-Corruption, Microservices, EDA
• Strong fundamental knowledge of OO Development Methodologies.
• Experience in building microservices applications that deploy into a Kubernetes environment.
• Database experience with both relational database (SQL Server) and NO-SQL (MongoDB) systems.
• Exposure to version control software such as GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Familiar with front end frameworks and layouts such as Angular 17+., Design frameworks knowledge such as Material Design System is an asset.
• Able to effectively communicate technical concepts to other members of the team both technical and non-technical.
• Able to explain, build consensus among peers, and effectively bring others along when establishing new design patterns in any part of the system.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent teamwork and team building skills.
• Superior time management, multitasking skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks and meet set timelines minimal supervision.
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts.

Our Stack

We build our software on the Microsoft stack. Our web-based platforms utilize modern JavaScript frameworks such a Angular over a Microsoft .NET Core MVC application base. We implement RESTful WebAPIs to interact with our relational database systems (such as SQL Server) using the Entity Framework. Additionally, our custom-built APIs also reach into our CMS and caching middleware.  Other technologies we work with include Azure Services, Kubernetes, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, GraphQL, Auth0, Docker, Cloudinary, Angular. We use the VS 2022 IDE, VS Code or Rider for development.

We are currently upgrading and migrating to microservice architecture and the latest automated build tools, and this role will offer people we hire the opportunity to be involved in evaluating our options and defining the optimal approach to implementation.

  Cultural Fit 

• Thrives working in a technology and KPI driven organization.
• Able to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Highly functional in a fast paced, constantly changing workplace - building plans through iterations from learning on what’s working and not working.
• Ability to build trust and work through conflict both upwards and downward.

 

We provide a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. Employees have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and compensation tied to business and individual performance. The expected compensation range for this position is: $120,000 to $130,000 CAD.

The actual compensation may vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. #LI-Hybrid

We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require accommodation due to a disability at any stage of our hiring process, please advise us when completing your application.

The Range Group may use artificial intelligence throughout the recruitment process to screen, assess or select applicants for this position. These tools assist our hiring team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

We thank all candidates for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.