Senior Software Engineer

About our companyTriptease. We are a disruptive force in the tech space for online travel. Never one to shy from big challenges, we built our reputation on empowering hotels to stand up to the might of Online Travel Agents.We are uniquely positioned to help hotels in their greatest time of need. The world class data set we’ve been building, combined with a new set of digital marketing tools has positioned us to accelerate our impact to Hoteliers.With offices in London, NYC, Barcelona and Singapore, we drive over £1bn in revenue for hoteliers around the globe. As we gear up for our next stage of growth, now is an ideal time to join our fast-growing and well funded technology business.Inclusion is how we unleash the power of diversity. It is how we build our teams, cultivate our leaders and ensure Triptease is the right fit for every person. Come join us on our journey; be comfortable bringing your authentic self to work..Be you!The TeamYou will be working in a small squad with between 2 and 6 people responsible for building, growing and maintaining different parts of the Triptease stack.We have both frontend and backend components, with a lean towards backend.All our teams are small, empowered and autonomous: we own the strategy and actions we need to take to be successfulWe embrace honest and open discussion. We truly value collaboration and are invested in maintaining a team that encourages everyone to contribute.We run daily standups, weekly planning and frequent retros and feedback sessions.We embrace pair programming the vast majority of the time.We practice trunk based development and continuous delivery.At the end of each week, we join the rest of the company to showcase what we’ve accomplished and share our pride in the work we have done with our colleagues.The Tech StackThe Triptease tech stack consists of TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mongo, Google Cloud Run / Kubernetes, BigQuery, Pub/Sub. We frequently work together with other squads, all squads use a similar stack which is great for building up expertise and having other engineers to support you.RequirementsWe're looking forYou are collaborative, open-minded, and looking to continue to develop your craft.You're comfortable with pair programming all dayExperience writing distributed, high availability, high throughput systems maintaining data consistency.You are proud of the code you produce; it’s obvious, concise and rarely needs to be commented. You always like to leave the code better than you found it, and are experienced with refactoring techniques, in fact, it’s how you code every day.You see writing tests as an integral part of the development process and understand the benefit of writing code and tests in small increments.The applications you build are modular and functional.Excellent skills in developing a solution all the way from client-side through to server-side.You love shipping code and seeing how it performs in production and therefore are passionate about delivery pipelines, A/B testing, real-time analytics and monitoring tools like DataDog.You are customer-centric and work well with product managers.You have a solid understanding of HTTP and how the internet works.Expert knowledge at using tests to drive the design of the application.You have experience with building deployment pipelines and continuous delivery on cloud platforms (we use Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Terraform and Kubernetes).Bonus Points for:You have an entrepreneurial streak, with some great examples of how you saw an opportunity and made it happen.Working in cross-functional teams practising XP and Kanban techniques.You have experience in multiple different programming languages and understand the value in bringing ideas from other ecosystems into your current environment.BenefitsWhy Join Us?Be part of a fast-paced, dynamic team at the forefront of travel technology innovation.Enjoy a collaborative and fun working environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.Competitive salary package and rewards for high performance.If you’re a driven sales professional eager to make an impact and thrive in a high-growth environment, we’d love to hear from you!Our start-up culture means everybody's contribution matters and is celebrated. We set ourselves ambitious goals and are proud of our ability to deliver those through smart working. Pace. We’re growing. Get on board fast and be part of the journey. Having a real impact on an award-winning and fast-growing company.Benefits will vary depending on locationPaid vacation daysWorking abroad for 4 weeks a year (within a -/+ 3 hours time zone)Enhanced maternity & paternityMonthly health and wellbeing allowance - You can use this for gym membership, private healthcare, massages, therapy, cinema etcYearly learning allowance*Life Event leave (marriage, divorce, moving house, child’s first day at school, ceremony or graduation)Make a Difference (volunteering) dayPlus much more!*Subject to pa