Key Responsibilities

• To support the product and technology team on new and existing systems as required.
• Champion agile best practices and Continuous Delivery to drive down backlog.
• To design and develop pragmatic, complete and maintainable software solutions
• To sustain and improve the quality of the software and the documentation delivered by the team.
• To maintain a good technical awareness and familiarity with new and forthcoming relevant technologies and highlight any skills or training requirements within the team.
• To provide detailed planning input including estimated effort to develop certain functionality and to identify any specific technical or resource dependencies and/or risks the Software Engineer might be aware of.
• To contribute to and/or lead software analysis, design and specification tasks for specific functionality.
• To actively engage in and contribute to agile planning and design sessions.
• To provide competent, proactive and professional technical support if and when required to customers and clients.
• To support and initiate agile process improvements that will improve productivity, effectiveness and professionalism of the team as a whole.
• Maintain code documentation to company standards that accurately reflects system functionality and its technical implementations.
• Work as part of Code Peer Review community to improve the quality of software development

Knowledge, skills and experience required

• Min 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Extensive experience in large scale enterprise software development with a global reach.
• Expert in creating simple solutions to complex problems.
• Proficient in multiple programing languages with deep knowledge in many of the following: Node.js, Rust, TypeScript, GraphQL, Kotlin, Go, Python.
• Experience in Relational and Document database like MongoDB, DynamoDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Experience in designing and building RESTful API services.
• Working knowledge of event driven framework like Kafka.
• Deep understanding of SOLID Principles, Design Patterns and working experience of putting them to practice.
• Demonstratable experience of Test Driven Development, unit testing tools, and experience of integration testing and continuous integration / deployment.
• Experience in automation test tools and frameworks like Serenity, Cucumber, Jest, Supertest, Playwright, Detox etc.
• Working knowledge of cloud deployment and technologies, including AWS and Terraform.
• Experience in native mobile app development, Java and Springboot is a plus.
• Experience of working with PCI compliant software products is desirable.
• Experience of working across multiple delivery organisations practising distributed development in a global environment.
• Self-motivator with a willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast moving and changing environment
• Ability to show initiative and to work independently
• Ability to work at pace, work through project challenges in a collegiate way
• Goal and outcome orientated
• Thoroughness and attention to detail
• Good communication skills (ability to present, inform and guide others)
• Ability to generate ideas and draw them out of others
• Ability to bridge communications between technical and business focused groups
• Willingness to take on a variety of roles and responsibilities

About us: Our story

Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. Predominantly through the provision of travel related benefits within a market leading digital travel ecosystem. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle Benefits and Insurance.

The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.

We have more than 25 years’ experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 colleagues globally.

Reward & Benefits: What's in it for me?

You can look forward to a competitive salary and benefit plan including but not limited to:

• Hybrid work arrangement (work from home/office)
• 26 calendar days Annual Leave
• Health Insurance
• Maternity leave (6 months- Paid)
• Paternity leave (15 days- Paid)

Equal Opportunities: Our commitment to inclusion

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at recruitment@collinson.com