Software Engineer
Job Summary
Collinson is a global loyalty and benefits company.
We use our expertise and products to craft customer experiences which enable some of the worlds
best-known brands to acquire engage and retain the most demanding and choice-rich customers. Our
unique expertise and insight into high earning frequent travellers allow us to create products and
solutions for our clients that inspire greater customer engagement to drive more profitable relationships
enrich their travel experiences protect what matters and assist in in times of need.
While specialising in Financial Services Travel and Retail we also support clients in multiple sectors.
We have worked with over 90 airlines 20 hotel groups and more than 600 financial institutions and
banks with clients including Accor Hotels Air France KLM American Express British Airways Cathay
Pacific Diners Club Mandarin Oriental Mastercard Radisson Hotel Group Sephora Visa and Vhi.
We take our 30 years experience working with these kinds of household names in over 170 countries
and help our clients to deliver the smarter experiences it takes to differentiate their propositions and
help them win deeper devotion with their customers.
Collinson is a privately-owned entrepreneurial business with 2000 passionate people working in 20
locations worldwide. Our solutions include Priority Pass the worlds best known airport experiences
programme while we are also the trusted partner behind many of the leading financial services airline
and hotel brands reward programmes and loyalty initiatives.
Purpose of the job
As a Software Engineer youll be a core member of a cross-functional product squad building new
features and services as part of a modern cloud-native platform. Youll be working with experienced
engineers Product Managers and QAs to develop scalable well-tested systems using a contemporary
tech stack; all in a greenfield environment.
This is a hands-on role where youll spend most of your time coding refining technical tasks and
solving real user problems through software. Youll learn by doing pairing with others when needed
and contributing to everything from front-end interfaces to backend services and APIs.
Were big on engineering quality; this entails end-to-end CI/CD observability infrastructure-as-code
and automated testing are baked into how we work. Youll be encouraged to explore new ideas use
AI-powered tools where helpful and continuously sharpen your skills as an engineer.
If youre looking for a role where you can write great code grow your experience across the stack and
ship features that matter please apply.
Key Responsibilities
Write clean efficient and testable code (for both frontend and backend services) owning
features and services from design to deployment.
Work closely with your squad (PMs engineers QAs) to refine requirements contribute to
scoping technical solutions and deliver great software.
Write unit and integration tests and contribute to a robust CI/CD setup that ensures safe
reliable releases.
Deploy and operate software in AWS using tools like Terraform Kubernetes and GitHub
Actions.
Take part in code reviews retrospectives and regular feedback sessions to improve as an
engineer.
Take responsibility for the health performance and maintainability of the code you ship.
Look for opportunities to improve development workflows using AI-powered tooling and
automation.
Be a mentor and teacher to less experienced engineers.
Develop in an Agile environment using tools like Git Jira and Confluence with a mindset of
collaboration and continuous improvement.
Non-negotiable
3 years of experience in software development with a strong focus on TypeScript ( &
React) and strong knowledge of JavaScript fundamentals.
Comfortable with basic cloud development on a Coud platform (AWS & Azure) using CI/CD
pipelines (we use GitHub Actions) and tools like Terraform.
Familiar with writing unit tests and automated tests and understand the importance of test
coverage maintainability and regression safety.
You enjoy solving engineering problems and are comfortable breaking down tasks asking
questions and working through ambiguity.
Youre eager to learn from your teammates and grow as a full-stack engineer actively
participating in a team committed to continuous improvement.
Personal Attributes
Show initiative: self-driven independent problem-solver who take ownership end-to-end
Innately curious: constantly questioning learning and seeking deeper understanding
Innovative: think outside the box and be creative and implement ideas that enhance our
systems - innovation is valued highly at Collinson
Communicative collaborator: share openly work across teams and integrate feedback
Strong analytical and investigative problem-solving skills
Hungry and eager to make a difference at a technical and operational level
The ability to get things done we dont like micro-management but we expect you to do the
right thing
An attitude of being proud of your code and taking ownership
About Company
We use our expertise and products to craft customer experiences. Our range of services helps global brand acquire, engage and retain choice-rich customers.© 2023 Collinson International Limited. Registered in England & Wales under registration No. 2577557Registered address : 3 More Lo ... View more