Lead, IT Software Developer

At World Fuel, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.

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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