Senior Software Engineer - London

Traveltechessentialist; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel technology company in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive product development in Python/Django and React. You'll work with cross-functional teams to innovate in the B2B travel market. Strong emphasis on quality, testing, and collaboration. The role requires commuting to their London hub three days a week and offers competitive compensation, generous vacation, and health perks.

Benefits

Competitive compensation including equity

Generous vacation days

Health perks like private healthcare

TravelPerk events

Mental health support tool

Exponential growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in building technically complex products.
• Expert level at server-side, client-side, or full stack development.
• Obsession for quality and testing.

Responsibilities

• Product development of a travel-related web-based product.
• Integrations between our product to 3rd party APIs.
• System architecture design, implementation, and testing.

Skills

Product Engineering mindset

Strong communication skills

Experience in any web programming language

Quality and testing obsession

Tools

Python/Django

React

AWS

Job description

Overview

TravelPerk is a scaling unicorn valued at $1.3 billion that has raised over $400m since 2015. Backed by world-class investors with portfolios including AirBnb, Stripe, Slack, Trello, Gusto, Twitter, Farfetch and Deliveroo, our team is made up of A-players from across the travel and technology industries. We have been named the fastest-growing SaaS startup in the world by SaaS1000 and featured as one of the hottest startups to watch by Forbes and Wired. We’re revolutionizing the B2B corporate travel market—to connect people in real life in an enjoyable and sustainable way. We acquire and integrate teams such as Click Travel, NexTravel and Albatross, and we are shaping the future of the industry through TravelCare, FlexiPerk and GreenPerk. Our team continues to emerge stronger as we adapt to the new normal—and that’s where you come in. If you’re ready to take off with us, keep reading!

Senior Software Engineer with extensive programming experience

We’re not looking for stack experts. We’re looking for smart people who can bring in the best tools and processes to get the job done. Read more about our engineering team in this blog post.

You will work on a day-to-day basis with our product team to design, architect and implement our product. TravelPerk is a next-generation platform to take the pain out of booking and managing business travel.

Responsibilities

• Product development in Python/Django and/or React of a travel-related web-based product
• Integrations between our product to 3rd party APIs
• System architecture design, implementation, and testing
• Work in an Agile environment with strong attention to a well-documented code, unit testing, and continuous integration
• Being able to mentor, coach, and train other colleagues as a domain expert

Required skills and experience

• "Product Engineering" mindset
• Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance
• Extensive experience in similar roles building technically complex products in any web programming language
• Expert level at server-side, client-side or full stack development. Your final role within the team will depend on your skills and internal training will be provided
• Obsession for quality and testing
• Eager to learn new technologies and frameworks
• Strong communication skills

Bonus points for

• Experience in the travel industry
• DevOps experience with the AWS suite
• Experience working with high-performing, Agile development teams
• People who like to build stuff (we really like people who maintain/contribute to open source projects)

What do we offer?

• Competitive compensation including equity in the company
• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge
• Health perks such as private healthcare or gym allowance depending on your location
• Unforgettable TravelPerk events including travel to one of our hubs
• Mental health support tool for your wellbeing
• Exponential growth opportunities

Location and culture

Our Vision is for a world where TravelPerk serves as the platform for human connection in-real-life (IRL). We take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our London hub. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in-real-life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

At TravelPerk, we prioritise experience and potential over academic qualifications for this role. We believe that talent and ability aren’t always reflected in formal credentials.

For certain roles, we provide relocation assistance. Please specify your need for this in your application, and we will evaluate the possibility on a case-by-case basis. English is our official office language, so we request that resumes be submitted in English for effective communication.

TravelPerk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to ensure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, meaning you’re welcome at TravelPerk regardless of your appearance, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you.