Senior Software Engineer

3 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicantsAbout Our CompanyTriptease is a disruptive force in the tech space for online travel.
We built our reputation on empowering hotels to stand up to the might of Online Travel Agents.
We are uniquely positioned to help hotels in their greatest time of need.
The world-class data set we've been building, combined with a new set of digital marketing tools, has positioned us to accelerate our impact on hoteliers.
With offices in London, NYC, Barcelona, and Singapore, we drive over £1bn in revenue for hoteliers around the globe.
As we gear up for our next stage of growth, now is an ideal time to join our fast-growing and well-funded technology business.
Inclusion is how we unleash the power of diversity.
It is how we build our teams, cultivate our leaders, and ensure Triptease is the right fit for every person.
Come join us on our journey; be comfortable bringing your authentic self to work.
Be you!The TeamYou will be working in a small squad with between 2 and 6 people responsible for building, growing, and maintaining different parts of the Triptease stack.
We have both frontend and backend components, with a lean towards backend.
All our teams are small, empowered, and autonomous:
we own the strategy and actions we need to take to be successful.
We embrace honest and open discussion and truly value collaboration.
We run daily standups, weekly planning, and frequent retros and feedback sessions.
We embrace pair programming the vast majority of the time and practice trunk-based development and continuous delivery.
At the end of each week, we join the rest of the company to showcase what we've accomplished.Where Are WeOur Product-Engineering team is mostly based in London, but we work with and are happy to consider remote candidates (UK Preferred).
The team is remote-first, conducting all team meetings or pairing on video calls.
You can come into the Soho office or work from home, whatever works for you each day.
We get together for social events as often as possible, both remote and in-person.
We have a quarterly departmental meet-up where everyone comes to London for a couple of days to build alignment between squad development plans and to have fun together.The Tech StackThe Triptease tech stack consists of TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mongo, Google Cloud Run / Kubernetes, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.
We frequently work together with other squads, all using a similar stack which is great for building up expertise and having other engineers to support you.RequirementsWe're looking forYou are collaborative, open-minded, and looking to continue to develop your craft.You're comfortable with pair programming all day.Experience writing distributed, high availability, high throughput systems maintaining data consistency.You are proud of the code you produce; it's obvious, concise, and rarely needs to be commented.You see writing tests as an integral part of the development process.The applications you build are modular and functional.Excellent skills in developing a solution from client-side through to server-side.You love shipping code and seeing how it performs in production.You are customer-centric and work well with product managers.You have a solid understanding of HTTP and how the internet works.Expert knowledge at using tests to drive the design of the application.You have experience with building deployment pipelines and continuous delivery on cloud platforms.Bonus Points for:
You have an entrepreneurial streak with examples of how you saw an opportunity and made it happen.Working in cross-functional teams practicing XP and Kanban techniques.You have experience in multiple different programming languages.BenefitsWhat's in it for you22 Days holiday (Increase to 23 after 1st year and 24 after 2nd year)Working abroad for 4 weeks a year (within a -/+ 3 hours time zone of the UK)Health and wellbeing budget (£50 per month)Learning budget - £250 per calendar yearLife Event leave (marriage, divorce, moving house, child's first day at school, ceremony or graduation)Make a Difference (volunteering) dayWe also offer:
Quarterly review socialsRemote workingRefer a Friend policyFlexibility with childcareSabbaticals (from year three onwards)We do not require external agency support for the recruitment of this role.
Thank you.Our Operating Model & CultureIn Product-Engineering, we hire people we trust, and then trust them to make their own choices on how they want to work.We care deeply about diversity and inclusion.We optimise for learning and regularly provide each other with feedback.We celebrate our progress at the end of each week.Triptease is proud to be an equal opportunity employer with an active cross-functional 'diversity squad' devoted to addressing diversity challenges in the company and industry.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionEngineering and Information TechnologyIndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting
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