Великобританияloveholidays
Senior Software Engineer — Web Infrastructure & Design System
1 нед. назад
ВеликобританияSeniorHybrid
preacttypescriptcsscore web vitalsinfrastructure as codeterraformaccessibility engineering
Senior Software Engineer role in loveholidays' Web Infrastructure team focused on building shared foundations for web and app platforms, design system, edge computing, and experimentation. The company is a large British online travel agency aiming to become the most loved OTA in Europe.
About the company
- Loveholidays is a large British online travel agency (OTA) and travel search and booking platform.
- We’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway.
- Our trailblaze together culture is what drives our success, powered by our people and the way they work.
- Using progressive technology, we drive cutting-edge innovation and improve how our customers discover, book and experience their holidays.
- Technology at loveholidays underpins our vision to become the most loved OTA in Europe.
- We drive cutting-edge innovation and technical excellence to futureproof the business.
- Our systems process trillions of daily holiday offers, we deploy over a thousand times a month, serving thousands of requests per second.
- We have ambitious plans to expand across Europe, employing the best minds and technology.
Responsibilities
- Build platforms that enable market-leading web performance and accessibility by default, giving product teams the foundations to deliver fast, inclusive customer experiences.
- Evolve the design system to help engineers, designers and AI agents deliver consistent, high-quality experiences.
- Improve developer experience and reliability through faster builds, actionable error reporting and tools that make systems easier to develop and operate.
- Own problems from discovery through delivery by working directly with internal customers to identify priorities and validate that solutions meet their needs.
Requirements
- Strong frontend engineering and performance skills with deep experience in a modern frontend framework (Preact), TypeScript and CSS.
- Ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks and measure effects on Core Web Vitals and real-world performance.
- Experience building and maintaining robust and reusable design systems and developer tooling, including governance, compatibility and clear documentation.
- Experience in accessibility engineering embedding automated accessibility checks into component tests and CI, plus keyboard and assistive technology testing.
- Experience operating production infrastructure using infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, with focus on safe changes, observability and reliability.
- Understanding of building systems for AI agents with clear interfaces, reusable capabilities, machine-readable context and automated validation.
- Product engineering mindset comfortable with ambiguous problems, leveraging research, adoption metrics and performance data for decision making.
Conditions
- Hybrid work format based in London, UK.
- Company pension contributions at 5%.
- Individualised training budget for personal learning and development.
- Discounted holidays for employees, family and friends.
- 25 days of holidays per annum plus 8 public holidays, increasing by 1 day every second year of service up to max 30 days.
- Ability to buy and sell annual leave.
- Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers.
- Commitment to creating an inclusive environment to support employee growth and success.