Junior Software Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

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 more than 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 system. You will bring your technical and functional experience, working hands on in development as well as acting as a mentor and advisor to the team to help us continuously improve our engineering.

This role will be a part of the team developing our Bookings & Payments platform. The long-term focus will be on the customer accounts, identity management and data classification elements of this platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of software components including unit and integration tests as well as documentation.
• Definition and evolution of REST and SOAP APIs, including Customer API development
• 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, including Customer management and Identity management (IdP)
• Development with a focus on GDPR, with an emphasis on privacy and understanding data classification
• Developing authorisations including OAuth0, OAuth2.0, OAuth2.1, OpenID Connect and Single Sign On / Federated authentication
  

Required Competence and Skills

• BSc or equivalent experience, plus 5 years’ hands-on experience.
• Good knowledge of Java 11+, 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 with Cognito, OKTA, Keycloak
• Experience building JSON and XML APIs. Knowledge of RESTful principles
• Experience working in an Agile (Scrum) environment
• Experience using Git SCM and CI/CD pipelines. GitLab experience would be beneficial.
• Experience working on cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with micro-services and SaaS architectures.
• Experience with OAuth0, OAuth2.0, OAuth2.1, OpenID Connect and Single Sign On / Federated authentication
• Experience with Event Driven Architecture and Domain-driven design concepts.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• 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.
  

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 .