Senior Engineer

Leisure Employment Services; Hemel Hempstead; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Holiday

Discretionary annual bonus

20% discount on Haven/Warner Hotels

4-night Haven break at 75%

Wellbeing support

Health Cash Plan

Exclusive discounts with corporate geu

Career pathways & apprenticeships/degr

Enhanced family friendly policies

Job summary

Haven is seeking a Senior Engineer for a remote-first role with occasional travel to Hemel Hempstead or Haven parks. You’ll lead hands-on software delivery while shaping technical direction and mentoring others. Expect to embed AI capabilities across the engineering lifecycle.

You’ll design robust solutions, drive feature delivery, and collaborate with product teams in a fast-paced, modern tech environment that values quality and sustainable pace.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a software engineer in a similar environment with modern tech.
• Excellent working knowledge of Node.js, Typescript, React, AWS.
• Excellent working knowledge of AI-enabled software engineering, including AI tooling, context management, prompting, agentic workflows and appropriate human validation.
• Strong grounding in software design principles (SOLID, Clean Code) and testing practices such as TDD.
• Good working knowledge of HTTP, REST, HTML/CSS, and relational databases.
• Understanding of requirements engineering, story writing and acceptance criteria.
• Familiarity with Agile, Lean, OKRs, CI/CD, logging, monitoring and alerting.
• Knowledge of security concerns such as OWASP Top 10.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver well-crafted, tested and maintainable solutions across our digital estate.
• Make effective use of AI capabilities throughout the engineering lifecycle, continually evolving your practice as tools and techniques develop.
• Act as a technical “go to” for your squad, with a near-complete understanding of the systems you look after.
• Define the approach to features and drive them through to completion.
• Engage actively in product and engineering ceremonies, sharing ideas and constructively challenging assumptions.
• Support and enable more junior engineers through knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring.
• Drive continual improvement within your squad and the wider engineering team.
• Communicate progress, blockers and ideas clearly and openly.
• Simplify and continually improve Haven’s digital estate.
• Keep developing your own capability, taking advantage of internal development tools and opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder management

Tools

Node.js

Typescript

React

AWS

CI/CD

AI tooling

Security (OWASP Top 10)

Job description

Senior Engineer Home-based with occasional travel. Permanent | Full Time. Competitive salary + bonus and benefits.

About the role

Passionate about building great software and excited by what AI can bring to modern engineering? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Haven is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our talented Technology team, playing a pivotal role in shaping how we design, build and evolve the digital products behind memorable holidays for millions of guests. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll be a “go to” person within your squad, bringing deep technical expertise to both hands‑on delivery and the wider engineering approach. You’ll define how features get built, drive them through to completion, and help others grow along the way. Around 80% of your time will be hands‑on engineering, with the remainder spent guiding, mentoring and shaping technical direction. This is a fantastic opportunity for an engineer who’s excited by the current AI‑driven shift in software development, keen to embed AI capabilities across the engineering lifecycle, and eager to help evolve how a modern team plans, designs, builds and validates software.

Your Opportunity

• Design and deliver well‑crafted, tested and maintainable solutions across our digital estate
• Make effective use of AI capabilities throughout the engineering lifecycle, continually evolving your practice as tools and techniques develop
• Act as a technical “go to” for your squad, with a near‑complete understanding of the systems you look after
• Define the approach to features and drive them through to completion
• Engage actively in product and engineering ceremonies, sharing ideas and constructively challenging assumptions
• Support and enable more junior engineers through knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring
• Drive continual improvement within your squad and the wider engineering team
• Communicate progress, blockers and ideas clearly and openly
• Simplify and continually improve Haven’s digital estate
• Keep developing your own capability, taking advantage of internal development tools and opportunities

What we’d like you to bring

• Proven experience as a software engineer within a similar environment, using relevant modern technology
• Excellent working knowledge of Node.js, Typescript, React, AWS
• Excellent working knowledge of AI‑enabled software engineering, including AI tooling, context management, prompting, agentic workflows and appropriate human validation
• Strong grounding in software design principles (SOLID, Clean Code) and testing practices such as TDD
• Good working knowledge of key technical areas including HTTP, REST, HTML and CSS, and/or relational databases depending on your focus
• Solid understanding of requirements engineering, story writing and acceptance criteria
• Familiarity with Agile, Lean and OKRs, along with CI/CD, logging, monitoring and alerting tools
• Good working knowledge of AWS or Azure, DevOps and SRE principles, and security concerns such as OWASP Top 10
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• A curious, pragmatic mindset with the ability to balance quality, sustainability, risk and pace

Why Haven?

Haven is the UK's leading holiday operator, welcoming around 4 million guests every year to our 38 parks and 3 exclusive owners‑only sites. From Scotland to Cornwall, Norfolk to Wales, our parks are dotted along some of the most breath‑taking parts of the great British coastline. A career here is more than just a job. We're one great team of up to 12,500 during peak season, united by a passion for creating experiences and memories that last a lifetime — for guests, owners and each other. It's what we call our Breath of Fresh Air culture: valuing and supporting every team member to be their authentic self and putting people at the heart of every decision we make. This role is remote‑first. You'll be based from home most of the time, with occasional visits to our Hemel Hempstead head office or Haven parks — typically around three days on Park per quarter — for team collaboration, workshops and external events.

What’s In It For You?

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Holiday Buy Scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• 20% discount on both Haven and Warner Hotels holiday for you, family and friends
• One 4‑night Haven break discounted 75%, per year
• Comprehensive wellbeing support
• Health Cash Plan
• Exclusive discounts with corporate partners
• Exciting career pathways, including Learning and Development opportunities such as Apprenticeships and Degrees
• Enhanced family friendly policies and pay (eligibility criteria applied)

What can you expect during the recruitment process?

The interview process depends on the role but is up to 3 stages and may contain a presentation or skills test.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of who we are and what we do. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and they are central to our mission. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments or flexibility that you may require, including whether a role can be part‑time or a job‑share. We genuinely care about every candidate's experience during the recruitment process and are here to provide support where we can. If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments while applying, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at resourcingteam@bourne‑leisure.co.uk.