Web Engineering Lead

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.

Purpose of the job

At Collinson Travel Experience we are on a dynamic journey to create globallyfocused customer centric solutions while embracing regional diversities. In the pivotal role of Web Technology Lead you will play a crucial part in shaping and guiding the evolution of our web technologies and offerings.

In this multifaceted role not only will you guide a skilled team of web engineers in the developmentand enhancement of our broad range of web applications but you will also directly contribute tothe projects. As an individual contributor your handson involvement will be critical in crafting advanced tooling and robust web platform. These initiatives are vital as they lay the groundwork for our regional and client development teams who rely on your expertise and our foundational web infrastructure to innovate and expand our core web capabilities with precision and creativity.

Key Responsibilities

Independently design and develop sophisticated web solutions using React ensuring code and architectural quality through rigorous peer programming and code reviews.

Act as a key individual contributor utilising TypeScript and JavaScript to craft scalable maintainable and robust code.

Apply modern styling techniques to create visually appealing and responsive designs that adhere to accessibility standards particularly WCAG.

Proactively engage in the creation and maintenance of detailed code documentation that aligns with company standards and accurately captures system functionality and technical implementations.

Offer handson technical guidance and support to the product and technology team on both new and existing web solutions.

Lead by example in championing agile best practices and Continuous Delivery to efficiently address the product backlog.

Provide mentorship and coaching to peers fostering a culture of excellence in our engineering community.

Engage in oneonone sessions with peers facilitating career progression and professional growth while also driving quarterly career conversations.

Contribute to detailed planning efforts providing estimations for development tasks while identifying any technical resource dependencies or risks.

Play an active role in agile planning and design sessions offering insights and contributing to software analysis design and specification tasks.

Deliver competent and proactive technical support to customers and clients as needed embodying professionalism and responsiveness.

Initiate and support agile process improvements to enhance productivity effectiveness and the teams overall professionalism.

Participate actively within the Code Peer Review community to elevate the quality of software development.

Contribute to regular Project Team meetings ensuring that key decisions risks and issuesare communicated and addressed.

Knowledge skills and experience required

Demonstrable expertise in React with a profound understanding of frontend technologies including TypeScript JavaScript and familiarity with state management libraries such as Redux Context hooks etc.

Advanced proficiency in modern styling practices using CSS SCSS or Less with a strong commitment to creating accessible web content adhering to WCAG standards.

Experience in developing and executing datadriven solutions that prioritise customer satisfaction and user experience.

Proven track record in leading the development of largescale enterpriselevel web solutions with a global impact.

Adept at simplifying complex issues into streamlined usercentric solutions.

Solid experience with web analytics platforms using data to inform design and development decisions.

Understanding in Web 3.0 technologies with a keen understanding of frontend interactivity including AR/VR and familiarity with the basics of blockchain IoT decentralised networks and AI.

Comprehensive knowledge and application of SOLID principles design patterns and the ability to apply these concepts in practical development scenarios.

Demonstrated proficiency in Test Driven Development (TDD) unit testing and integrating with GraphQL with experience in continuous integration and deployment workflows.

Capacity to mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers fostering a learning environment.

Knowledgeable in deploying cloudbased solutions using AWS and infrastructure as code with Terraform.

Desirable experience with PCI DSS compliant products and understanding the nuances of secure software products.

Experience managing stakeholder relationships effectively across various levels both internally and externally.

Skilled in managing multilingual websites on a global scale and experienced with the migration from legacy CMS to modern Headless CMS platforms such as Contentful Prismic Sanity and dotCMS.

Ability to operate in a fastpaced and evolving environment demonstrating a pragmatic and deliveryfocused attitude.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non
technical stakeholders.

Creative thinker who can generate innovative ideas and facilitate ideation among team members.

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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