top 3 scores:
79%

Mission

79%

Hours flexibility

79%

Autonomy

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Job Description

Company Description

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be.

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh, Berlin, Madrid, and Brussels. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey!

Job Description

💻 Junior Engineer 📍 London (Hybrid, 40% in office) 💸 £35,000 – £38,000 starting salary + Benefits

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy.

We are recruiting cohorts of Junior Engineers to join us at Trainline in London! These are entry level vacancies for those who are curious, eager to learn and create impact. Joining as a Junior Engineer, you would undergo a 2 week training period before being assigned a team in either Backend, Web or App development. Applications close on the 16th December 2024 and we will interview through assessment centres (details below) in January 2025, with targeted start dates in February 2025.

At Trainline, our Engineering teams work collaboratively to build a world-class travel platform that millions rely on daily. Our teams are focused on creating the "travel companion in your pocket," building functionalities that support smart travel decisions, with each squad aligning their roadmaps to company-wide Strategic Themes. Each of our 40+ engineering teams power core features like journey search, bookings, payments, and real-time travel updates, connecting our platform to hundreds of operators, and millions of users worldwide. Our teams are dynamic, ambitious and fast moving; managing their roadmaps to deliver high-quality features using state-of-the-art tooling.

As a Junior Engineer, you'll contribute to delivering new functionalities, ensuring quality, and continuously improving the codebase, keeping the customer experience front and centre.

We'd love to hear from you if you... 🔎

  • Are early in your career; whether just starting or already possessing a couple of years of experience – we're excited to support your growth!
  • Have foundational knowledge of at least one programming language
  • Thrive in a diverse, open, and collaborative environment
  • Are proactive, focused, supportive, honest, and a team player
  • Have a passion to learn new skills and technologies
  • Have an appreciation of version control systems
  • Understand Agile/Scrum methodology

Bonus points if you... ⭐️

  • Have experience with some of the core programming languages we use such as C# .NET, React, Typescript, Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS), Ruby. Check out our full tech stack here.
  • Have working knowledge of Git
  • Have experience with Unit Testing
  • Have understanding or experience working with AWS or similar cloud technologies

The interview process... 🚉

  1. Application
  2. Recruiter Call (15 minutes)
  3. Assessment centre - Intro to Trainline, whiteboarding, 1-1 conversation, group exercise (3 hours)
  4. Offer

Qualifications

Additional Information

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits.

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe every day, in everything we do:

  • 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail
  • ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey
  • 🤝 ​Travel Together - We're one team
  • ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor.

Company benefits

Work from anywhere scheme – work from abroad for up to 28 days a year
2 extra days over the Festive period & 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Buy or sell annual leave – buy or sell up to 3 days each year
Shared parental leave
Caregiver Leave – primary & secondary
L&D budget – £300 a year
Personal development days – 4 meeting free Learning Days a year
Health insurance – Bupa Health Insurance for you and your family
Enhanced sick pay – 8 weeks full pay, 18 weeks 75% pay per 12 month period
Free meals – free breakfast & soft drinks every day, monthly lunches and evening socials
Share options
Dental coverage – Bupa Dental Insurance for you and your family
Health assessment – Free annual health check for all employees
Life assurance
Accrued annual leave – carry over 5 days of annual leave each year
Income protection – 75% of your salary
Private GP service – with Bupa
Complimentary Medical Services – Flu vaccinations
Employee assistance programme
Adoption leave – 52 weeks
Fertility treatment leave
Pregnancy loss leave – 2 weeks
Compassionate leave
Mental health platform access
Eye Care Support – vouchers
Annual pay rises – Based on bi-annual performance reviews
Salary sacrifice
Volunteer days – 1 day a year to volunteer with a charity of your choice
Charity donation scheme – Charity matching & Give as you earn
Perkbox subscription
Professional subscriptions
Hackathons
Gym membership – GymFlex scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Buddy scheme
Optional unpaid leave
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Flexible working week
Travel loan
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of Trainline what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
73%
Employees are largely happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
79%
Employees are largely happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
70%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
70%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
69%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
79%
Employees feel that they can mostly manage how they get their own work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
72%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
71%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
77%
Employees enjoy the working environment
Mission
79%
Employees feel quite excited about the company mission
Salary
64%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at Trainline

Company employees

1000+

Gender diversity (male:female)

60:40

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

Office Locations

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