Senior Back End Software Engineer

Job Description

TUI Group is the world’s number one integrated tourism business. Flight IT Domain is a global team within TUI technology responsible for providing Flight Services We are a multi-disciplinary team of experts across Architecture, Engineering, DevOps and Agile Delivery providing services across the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

At TUI we’re ambitious to become the leader in technology within the travel industry and to achieve this we are looking to build a capable, creative team who want to be a part of accomplishing that goal.

We never stop looking ahead, seeking new ways to delight our customers and grow our business. We recognise the power of digital and the massive contribution this brings to creating a truly unique and differentiated customer experience.

The Flight IT technology Team at TUI Flight Fulfillment Services seeks a skilled Back End Software Engineer. This role involves developing software using state-of-the-art practices, a broad toolkit of technologies, and a DevSecOps mindset. The engineer will handle the entire software development cycle, working in an agile environment and staying up-to-date with technical advancements.

ABOUT THE JOB

• As a Senior Back End Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a cross-functional or practice team, owning software products from conception to operation.
• Your expertise in software engineering, DevSecOps, and collaboration will support delivering customer-focused solutions.
• You’ll take ownership of complex topics and initiatives across your domain.
• You’re striving for automation, clean architectures, and high quality, you’ll guide teams in solving business and technical problems efficiently.
• Your cloud expertise, especially in AWS, will contribute to developing resilient, high-performing cloud-native applications.
• You’ll actively verbalize ideas and collaborate with other teams to research and implement effective approaches and tools.
• You are well-connected across the domain, within the broader TUI community, and relevant Communities of Practice.
• You thrive in an international, multi-cultural team and regularly coach, guide, and develop junior colleagues.
• You drive for technical excellence, ownership, and self-organization at both team and personal levels.
• You enthusiastically learn and keep up-to-date with developments in your focus areas.
  

Security is part of everyone’s job. At TUI, we practise secure behaviours first in everything we do.

ABOUT YOU

• Strong expertise in NodeJS, Go, or Java and their respective eco-systems
• Experience with data persistence (SQL/noSQL) e.g. DocumentDB in AWS
• Deep experience with implementing resource-oriented APIs (REST, SOAP) on client and server side
• Expertise in cloud design with strong knowledge of micro system architecture in AWS (with services like S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, ECS, etc. )
• Extensive experience in setting up and maintaining complex infrastructure architectures with the ability to design, build, test, and deploy applications
• Good experience with CI/CD pipeline, preferably Gitlab CI
• Customer centric, passionate about delivering great digital products and services
• Passionate about continuous improvement, collaboration and great teams
• Compelling coaching and training skills for imparting professional software engineering skills in a cooperative and communicative atmosphere together with a young, inquisitive team
• Strong problem-solving skills coupled with good communication skills, comfortable with ambiguity, highly autonomous
  

ABOUT OUR OFFER

• Working in the leading global tourism group: We stand for intercultural cooperation and offer the opportunity to work in international projects and teams.
• Fantastic holiday benefits including discounts, special offers
• Mobile working, flexible working hours and working from abroad: We believe that work is something you do, not where you go. Our offer: TUI Way of Working
• Health and Wellbeing support in five key areas – Health, Social, Community, Career and Financial
• Development and career opportunities: We offer a wide range of digital training and international career opportunities.
• Additional benefits relevant to the local market that you’ll be based in

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