Senior Fullstack Engineer

Permanent

Cape Town Hybrid

Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the worlds 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 marketleading 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 1800 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 1800 colleagues globally.

The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Fullstack Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development with a focus on using modern technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex software systems (clientside and serverside) from conception to deployment
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to deliver highquality software solutions
• Build the frontend of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage wellfunctioning databases and applications
• Develop and design effective APIs
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to deliver highquality software solutions
• Mentor and guide other engineers
• Stay current on industry trends and technologies to continually improve the teams technical capabilities
• Ensure that all software development is done to a high standard and that it is fully tested and deployed in a secure and reliable manner
• Research and recommend ways it implement emerging payment innovations including Open Banking buy now pay layer and alternative digital payment methods
• Stay current on payment legislation changes globally.

Knowledge skills and experience required

• Strong technical experience leading the design and development of complex software systems
• Knowledge of multiple frontend and backend languages (Node.js React Next.js Typescript JavaScript HTML CSS) and their libraries
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL Redis and MongoDB
• Experience with eventdriven architectures
• Proficiency with Git Confluence Jira
• Basic understanding of Docker Kubernetes and Deployments to the cloud
• Ability to write application code and automated tests according to teamadopted practices disciplines and quality guidelines
• Self starter that can take a product problem and develop a working technical solution

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 ongoing 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.

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