Senior Software Engineer

Jet2; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel and holiday company in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its dynamic development team. This exciting role offers the flexibility of hybrid or remote work and requires experience with various technologies including C#, .NET Core, and modern JavaScript frameworks. Successful candidates will play a vital role in enhancing customer experiences, mentoring junior team members, and actively participating in projects throughout their lifecycle. The position includes several attractive benefits.

Benefits

Colleague discounts on flights and packages

Generous profit share scheme

Annual pay reviews

Qualifications

• Experience with a varied tech stack, especially in C# and .NET Core.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders.
• Mentoring experience preferred, willing to develop skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver systems improving customer and business user experience.
• Build robust and scalable systems.
• Engage in design discussions and project decisions.
• Participate in planning and estimation activities.
• Mentor team members to facilitate their growth.
• Champion clean coding practices.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

Web Application Frameworks

SQL

React

Kubernetes

Mentoring

Tools

Sitecore

Kafka

Azure

Docker

Job description

Overview

Job Description: We are seeking Senior Software Engineers on either a hybrid or remote working basis, to join our expanding development teams. Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our fast moving and growing software development team. This is an exciting role, working across a breadth of systems and technologies to deliver value and Create Memories for both our business and our customers. We have several roles within our wide range of scrum teams and are looking for passionate, technical people to join our team.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be joining a fast-paced scrum team, made up of a lead engineer, software engineers, automation and manual test engineers, product owners and business analysts. You will:

• Deliver systems that improve the experience of our customers and business users
• Build robust and scalable systems
• Actively engage in design discussions and decisions about projects
• Participate in team activities such as planning and estimation
• Mentor team members to facilitate their growth and progression
• Champion clean coding standards and practices

Tech stack

We have a wide range of technologies used across a large number of teams, including:

• C#, .NET Core, and Web API
• Web Application Frameworks (ASP.NET MVC, SPA)
• Enterprise content management achieved through Sitecore
• RESTful Microservices – light-weight efficient, decoupled APIs that scale well
• Event driven architectures (Kafka)
• Modern reactive JavaScript Frameworks (React, Next.js, Vue.js, Angular)
• Advanced web topologies (Headless, Jamstack)
• Storage technologies like SQL, Redis and SOLR
• Automated UI and API testing (BDD, Selenium)
• Cloud technologies (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Containerised environments using Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD pipelines

What you’ll have

Our Senior Software Engineer will have previous experience in the usage of almost all our tech stacks and be extremely passionate about technology. You will also:

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable communicating and building relationships with stakeholders across the business
• Have prior mentoring experience or be willing to develop skills in this area to support the growth of software development team
• Be approachable and able to work as part of a team
• Offer support and expert guidance to colleagues where required

Benefits

• Colleague discounts on Jet2.com flights and Jet2holidays packages
• Access to a generous discretionary profit share scheme
• Annual pay reviews