Senior Software Engineer Ruby

Flight Centre Careers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel technology firm in Greater London seeks an experienced Backend Developer to join their agile team. The role involves contributing to innovative products that enhance business travel for clients globally. Requires expertise in Ruby on Rails, cloud architecture, and API design. Enjoy generous benefits, including travel discounts, generous leave, and a strong professional development focus. Fluency in English is vital; Spanish/French is a plus.

Benefits

Travel and accommodation discounts

25 Days Off + 5 Compensation days

Employee Retention Share Scheme

Networking social events

Coffee drinks and snacks

Focus on professional development

Qualifications

• 5 years of backend development experience, Ruby on Rails preferred.
• Familiar with GraphQL and REST API design.
• Strong cloud architecture understanding.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to diverse impactful products for travellers.
• Work in autonomous Scrum teams following DevOps best practices.
• Drive innovation with modern technology stacks.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

GraphQL

REST API design

Cloud architecture

Team player

Communication (English)

Spanish or French (plus)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Azure Cloud

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

About Flight Centre Travel Group

Flight Centre Travel Group is one of the worlds largest travel companies with over 12000 employees globally - who we call Flighties. With over thirty brands under our family tree and headquarters in more than twenty countries our roles are diverse and our opportunities are endless. When we say were a great place to work we have the proof to back it up. Over the past 12 years weve been voted a Great Place to Work including one of the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing and Best Workplaces for Women. Together we live and breathe our number one philosophy our people and turn up each day driven by our purpose to open up the world for those who want to see. Put simply were a bunch of travel lovers looking for more travel lovers to join our family.

About The Opportunity

Join our agile development teams and help shape the future of business travel technology! Were looking for an experienced developer to work on diverse impactful products that serve thousands of travellers and travel managers worldwide.

From traveller portals and proposal tools to corporate CRMs and data pipelines - youll contribute to a rich ecosystem of travel tech solutions. Working in autonomous Scrum squads youll have the freedom to innovate while following DevOps best practices with full CI / CD containerization and automated testing.

Our modern stack : Ruby on Rails REST / GraphQL React / TypeScript PostgreSQL Redis Azure Cloud Kubernetes Docker GitHub Actions ArgoCD Terraform DataDog - weve invested in the tools that matter.

Experience & Qualifications

5 years of backend development experience (Ruby on Rails preferred) solid understanding of cloud architecture GraphQL / REST API design and data processing. You should thrive in international English-speaking teams and bring both reliability and good humour to collaborative work.

Other Requirements

• A strong communication ability both in private and in public
• You are comfortable working in an international team in English
• Also Spanish or French would be a plus.
• Knowledge of business travel will be a real asset
• You know how to be a team player

Your benefits

• Tick destinations off your bucket list with our discounts on travel and accommodation.
• Enjoy 25 Days Off per year plus 5 Compensation days!
• Employee Retention Share Scheme through Equate Plus.
• Various social events to promote networking the celebration of wins and sometimes just for fun!
• Complementary coffee drinks snacks and fruits at our Barcelona office location.
• A strong focus on professional development to support you in the evolution of your career.

Our number one philosophy is Our people. Flight Centre Travel Groups promise is to provide an environment with equality of respect dignity and opportunity for all our employees. We value an inclusive and supportive workplace which reflects the diversity of our society.

We welcome accommodation requests to help make our hiring and onboarding experience as accessible as possible. Please advise us about accommodation needs at any point by contacting our Recruitment Team at .

Irreverence. Ownership. Egalitarianism.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1