TravelPerk Hiring for Software Engineer Job at Glasgow, Scotland Full Time

We are TravelPerk: a fast-growing, well-funded startup that has raised nearly $134m since our creation in early 2015. Backed by world-class investors from some of tech’s most disruptive companies, including Slack, Trello, Twitter, Farfetch, Deliveroo and Delivery Hero, our team is made up of A-players from across the travel industry.

Over the past few years, we’ve been named the fastest-growing SaaS startup in the world by SaaS1000 and featured as one of the hottest startups to watch by both Forbes and Wired. We’re revolutionising the B2B corporate travel market—worth over $1.3 trillion—by simplifying the process for everyone involved.

Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive programming experience?

We’re not looking for stack experts. We’re looking for smart people who can bring in the best tools and processes to get the job done. Read more about our engineering team in this blog post

You will work on a day-to-day basis with our product team to design, architect and implement our product. TravelPerk is a next-generation platform to take the pain out of booking and managing business travel.

As Software Engineer, this position involves:

• Product development in Python/Django and/or React of a travel-related web-based product.
• Integrations between our product to 3rd party APIs.
• System architecture design, implementation, and testing.
• Work in an Agile environment with strong attention to a well-documented code, unit testing, and continuous integration.
• Being able to mentor, coach, and train other colleagues as a domain expert.

Required skills and experience:

• “Product Engineering” mindset.
• Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance.
• Extensive experience in similar roles building technically complex products in any web programming language.
• An expert level at server-side, client-side or full stack development. Your final role within the team will depend on your skills and internal training will be provided.
• Obsession for quality and testing.
• Eager to learn new technologies and frameworks.
• Strong communication skills

Bonus points for:

• Experience in the travel industry.
• DevOps experience with the AWS suite.
• Experience working with high-performing, Agile development teams.
• People who like to build stuff (we really like people who maintain/contribute to open source projects).

What do we offer?

• Competitive compensation including equity in the company
• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge
• Health perks such as private healthcare or gym allowance depending on your location
• “Flexible compensation plan” to help you diversify and increase the net salary
• Flexibility to work from home
• Unforgettable TravelPerk events including to travel to one of our hubs
• Udemy for business account to continue your development
• Mental health support tools for your wellbeing
• Exponential growth opportunities

At TravelPerk we believe that diversity adds incredible value to our teams, our products, and our culture. We don’t just accept differences—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.