About Maxxton:

Maxxton is a leading reservation and property management system designed for holiday park operators, campsite groups, and the vacation rental industry. It helps staff efficiently manage peak season activity across multiple locations while offering smart tools to boost bookings, occupancy, revenue, and guest experiences. Plus, it’s designed to scale as your accommodation portfolio grows.

With over two decades of customer feedback, Maxxton currently manages 100,000 units and handles 1.5 million reservations annually.

About the role:

We are seeking a Technology Manager – Java to lead, grow, and inspire a high-performing engineering team in a fast-paced product environment. This role is 70% leadership & management and 30% strategic technical involvement, with the primary focus on building a culture of excellence, ensuring delivery predictability, and aligning engineering outcomes with business goals.

Key Responsibilities :

Leadership & People Management (70%)

• Team Leadership: Manage a team of 10+ Java developers & team leads, setting clear objectives and tracking progress against agreed KPIs every month.
• Performance Management: Conduct performance reviews with structured feedback and create Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for all team members.
• Talent Development: Implement a quarterly skill enhancement plan to keep the team updated on modern tech stacks such as microservices, cloud-native systems, and DevOps practices.
• Recruitment & Retention: Hire high-caliber engineers and ensure an onboarding completion rate of 100% within two weeks. Maintain annual attrition below.
• Culture & Engagement: Build a collaborative and high-accountability culture. Organize at least 2 team engagement activities per quarter to promote morale.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement at least 2 process optimizations per quarter to improve efficiency, reduce technical debt, or enhance delivery predictability

Strategic Technical Involvement (30%)

• Architecture Oversight: Review and guide the team on architectural decisions for scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Code Quality: Maintain good code quality through structured code reviews and promote to increase unit test coverage more than 50% per service..
• Innovation: Drive at least one technology proof-of-concept (POC) per quarter to evaluate and adopt relevant emerging technologies.
• Technical Mentorship: Spend a minimum of 6 hours per week on technical mentoring, design reviews, and assisting with complex problem resolution. In parallel, contributed as a senior developer by designing, coding, and delivering complex solutions with hands-on expertise.

What We Expect You to Bring:

• Leadership Experience: Minimum 5 years managing engineering teams of 10+ members in a product-based environment.
• Technical Expertise: Strong foundation in Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, REST APIs; knowledge of microservices, Angular, or React is an advantage.
  Product Thinking: Proven ability to align engineering outcomes with business and product roadmaps.
• Execution Skills: Experience in implementing Agile/Scrum at scale and improving delivery predictability.
• People Skills: Strong interpersonal, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
  Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Why Join Us?

• Influence the technical and strategic direction of core product lines.
• Lead a talented team in a culture of ownership, innovation, and learning.
• Build high-impact products used by thousands of customers.

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