Job Description hackajob is collaborating with loveholidays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.n Why Engineering @loveholidays?n At loveholidays – we trailblaze together. We’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert – the smart way to get away.n Technology at loveholidays underpins our vision to become the most loved OTA in Europe. We drive cutting-edge innovation and technical excellence to futureproof the business. Our systems process trillions of daily holiday offers, we deploy over a thousand times a month, serving thousands of requests per second. This is where you can accelerate your growth by solving complex challenges and broadening your skillset.n Join us to create impact for our future in an exciting new chapter, owning your success and contributing to shared goals. We actively talk about technology and adhere to our key technology principles that have guided us this far. We are growing and have ambitious plans to expand across Europe, employing the best minds and technology to let us do this.n The impact you’ll have:n Senior Software Engineers at loveholidays have strong expertise in:nnn Supplier integration systems that process vast amounts of data nn Industry leading bespoke, high performance search and recommendation systems nn Sophisticated real time pricing systems nn Complex domain modelling and implementation of booking payment, fulfilment and management systems nn AI-powered solutions to assist customers pre and post booking nn Best in class, modern user experience through web and mobile applicationsnn For a better understanding of our work, refer to some of our blog posts.n Or our open source contributions:nnn github.com/loveholidays/ripley nn github.com/loveholidays/phrasebook nn github.com/loveholidays/po-testnn As part of our tech culture we continuously improve our time to delivery, reducing errors and generally leaving things better than you found them.n Your day-to-day:nnn Adoption of our engineering principles nn Building and running services at scale in the cloud nn Collaborating with engineers, designers, product managers within and outside of the team nn Implementing maintainable and well-tested solutions iteratively, keeping business impact and observability as a primary focus nn Understanding the wider context of the business and designing system architectures that meet short and long term business goalsnn Your skillset:nnn Algorithms, data structures nn Observability nn Web services, REST, nn Containers, cloud nn Testing, reliability, monitoring nn Strong knowledge in building and owning application end-to-end, from inception to maintenance, to retirement nn Designing systems that scale nn Expertise in some of our main programming languages – TypeScript, Java, Golang, Rust, Pythonnn Desirablenn~n Experience with Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform, NoSQL or GCP
nn Perks of joining us:nnn Company pension contributions at 5%nn Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up nn Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends nn 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum nn Ability to buy and sell annual leave nn Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchersnn The interview journey:nnn TA screening – 30 mins nn 1st Stage – Introduction – 45 mins nn Coding challenge – take home test or live pairing nn 2nd Stage – 3 hoursnn At loveholidays, we focus on developing an inclusive culture and environment that encourages personal growth and collective success. Each individual offers unique perspectives and ideas that increase the diversity and effectiveness of our teams. And we value the insight and potential you could bring on our continued journey….