Collinson is the global privatelyownedcompany dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease andconfidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sectorspecialists who together provide marketleading airport experiencesloyalty and customer engagement and insurance solutions for over400 million consumers.
Collinson is theoperator of Priority Pass the worlds original and leading airportexperiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1500lounges and travel experiences including dining retail sleep andspa in over 650 airports in 148 countries helping to elevate thejourney into something special. We work with the worlds leadingpayment networks over 1400 banks 90 airlines and 20 hotel groupsworldwide.
We have been bringing innovation tothe market since inception from launching the first independentglobal VIP lounge access Programme Priority Pass to being the firstto sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Directand creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travelsector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation toensure that we continue to deliver superior customerexperiences.
Key clients include VisaMastercard American Express Cathay Pacific British Airways LATAMFlying Blue Accor EasyJet HSBC Chase HDFC.
Ourmission is focused on doing good beyond profit which for us meanswe seek out opportunities for our people to share in our successand that we give back to the communities and people within which wework.
Never short of ambition the success ofour business is delivered through the diverse and talented team ofover 1800 globalcolleagues.
RolePurpose
We are seeking a highlyexperienced Senior Fullstack Engineer to join our team. The idealcandidate will have a strong background in software developmentwith a focus on using modern technologies.
* Lead the design and development of complex softwaresystems (clientside and serverside) from conception todeployment
* Collaborate with crossfunctionalteams to deliver highquality software solutions
* Build the frontend of applications through appealingvisual design
* Develop and managewellfunctioning databases and applications
* Develop and design effective APIs
* Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to deliverhighquality software solutions
* Mentor andguide other engineers
* Stay current on industrytrends and technologies to continually improve the teams technicalcapabilities
* Ensure that all softwaredevelopment is done to a high standard and that it is fully testedand deployed in a secure and reliable manner
* Research and recommend ways it implement emerging paymentinnovations including Open Banking buy now pay layer andalternative digital payment methods
* Staycurrent on payment legislation changesglobally.
KnowledgeSkills and experiencerequired
* Strongtechnical experience leading the design and development of complexsoftware systems
* Extensive experience ofworking in large scale enterprise software development with aglobal reach
* Knowledge of multiple frontend andbackend languages (Node.js React Next.js Typescript JavaScript HTMLCSS) and their libraries
* Familiarity withRESTful APIs and GraphQL
* Familiarity withdatabase technologies such as PostgreSQL Redis andMongoDB
* Experience with service orientatedarchitecture
* Proficiency with Git ConfluenceJira
* Demonstrable experience of Test DrivenDevelopment unit testing tools and experience of integrationtesting and continuous integration /deployment
* Working knowledge of cloudtechnologies including AWS and Terraform
* Basicunderstanding of Docker Kubernetes and Deployments to thecloud
* Ability to write application code andautomated tests according to teamadopted practices disciplines andquality guidelines
* Self starter that can take aproduct problem and develop a working technicalsolution
OtherSpecification
* Identifyand communicate patterns to improve softwaredevelopment
* Advocate andevangelise for best practises like Test Driven Development (TDD)Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) Continuous Integration (CI) andContinuous Delivery(CD)
* Help to maintain anddevelop automated test suites aiming for constantimprovement
* Provideregular and accurate reports ofprogress
* Compile userguides documentation and instruction pages for other QA teammembers
* Be the point ofcontact for testing within a Scrumteam
* Make testing relateddecisions on behalf of the Scrumteam
* Look for gaps inprocess and seek to makeimprovement
* Assist withinterviewing newcandidates
* Help newstarters with the onboardingprocess
* Mentor new QA teammembers in testing and in testautomation
Collinsonis an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in alltheir forms including: colour race ethnicity gender identity sexualorientation neurodivergence family status age individuals withdisabilities and people from all backgrounds cultures andexperiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our ongoingsuccess.
We are focused oncontinually evolving our purpose driven high performing cultureproviding an environment where our people have the opportunity toachieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningfulwork. Our company values are: Act smarter Do the right thing Oneteam and Be insight led. These help guide everything we dointernally in terms of how we think act and interact right throughto how we deliver value to our customers and clients.
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