Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Who We Are and What We Do

At SilverRail, we're on a mission to reshape the way the world travels, and we're inviting you to be part of this journey. Rail is becoming the go-to choice for short and medium-haul travel worldwide, and we're here to help make it happen.

In the face of the ongoing climate crisis, our vision is crystal clear. We are transforming the online customer experience for rail travel, making it easier than ever for customers to find, buy and use rail. Our cutting-edge technology is the backbone of rail and travel agencies worldwide, making it effortless for travellers to choose the eco-friendly option and reduce their carbon footprint.

We have nearly 15 years of trailblazing success behind us, and our teams are spread across the globe, with bases in London, Boston, Brisbane, and Stockholm. We thrive on the philosophy of 'fail-fast-fail-early,' which drives us to find ingenious solutions to complex challenges.

Join us, and help shape the future of travel!

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll thrive on collaborating with your peers and participating in the design and development process with product owners. You’ll bring your passion for writing clean, solid code to our highly scalable systems.

The team is very collaborative, friendly and improvement oriented. We support a flexible home working environment with occasional travel into the London office.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of software components including unit and integration tests as well as documentation.
• Writing clean, scalable, readable, and maintainable code that follows best practices to continuously deliver value in each sprint.
• Definition and evolution of REST and SOAP APIs.
• Promotion of modular, testable and maintainable Spring applications

• Mentoring fellow team members how to write clean, maintainable, scalable and secure code while following best practices.
• Ability to support and mentor junior members of the team
• Contribution to the design of application and services

Competence and skills

• BSCS or equivalent required, plus 5 years’ hands-on experience.
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate and relational and non-relational databases including MySQL.
• Strong experience working on booking, payments or e-commerce platforms
• Experience with modern data storage using NoSQL
• Experience building JSON and XML API’s. Knowledge of RESTful principles
• Experience working in an Agile (Scrum) environment
• Experience using Git SCM and CI/CD pipelines. GitLab experience
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker and K8S
• Experience with micro-services and SaaS architectures.
• Experience with Event Driven Architecture and Domain-driven design concepts a plus.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise workloads under pressure and meet deadlines
• A self-starter who is hands-on and knows how to find answers and work with ambiguity.
• Values-driven and practical in your approach.

Why us?

• We have an average Glassdoor grade of 4.7 and 100% recommendation rates.
• We are a globally accredited Great Place To Work
• We are an accredited flexible company and were named in Flexa’s Top 50 Most Flexible Companies: https://flexa.careers/companies/silverrail
• We offer fully remote working on a contractor basis, allowing you to work as a part of our teams while being based outside of our normal locations.
• We provide a wealth of progression opportunities focused on helping you become the best you can be.
• Our team’s health and wellness is genuinely important to us, so we run meditation and wellbeing classes for everyone.
• We are the fourth company in the world to become reproductively responsible, accredited by Hertility providing educational workshops around women’s health, family planning and fertility
• A unique opportunity to work for a tech company that is helping the environment by revolutionising the way we travel.

Our values are simple: Do Good by working for a better tomorrow; Think Big Act Smart by being curious, adaptable and data-driven; and remember that through collaboration we will always be Stronger Together.

*We are a neurodiverse employer and are working hard to improve our recruitment processes, so if there is any way that we can make the recruitment experience better for you then please let us know in your application - all information will be treated as strictly confidential*