Senior Software Engineer, On the Beach
Flight Booking
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2 days a week in office
A product led tech company specialising in the travel sector
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A product led tech company specialising in the travel sector
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To become Europe’s biggest and most loved online retailer of beach holidays.
Role
Who you are
- This is a role for engineers who enjoy solving large-scale, data-intensive, and distributed systems challenges that directly influence customer experience and business performance
- We are looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems and building scalable systems that operate reliably within high-throughput environments
- You’ll be a great addition to our team if you have the following skills, knowledge and experience:
- Building scalable backend systems and distributed services
- Designing and operating cloud-native platforms
- Messaging infrastructure, streaming technologies, and event-driven architectures
- Building reliable and observable production systems
- Working with a variety of API technologies and in partnership with external suppliers
- Solving scalability, latency, and operational resilience challenges
- Working collaboratively across engineering, product, and commercial teams
- Making pragmatic technical decisions in fast-moving environments
- A strong curiosity to learn, stay current with the latest changes in technology, and continuously improve engineering practices,
- Experience with AI-assisted engineering, including agentic coding workflows
- .NET (C#), Kubernetes, AWS (EKS, DynamoDB, RDS, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Bedrock), GraphQL, Terraform, Argo CD, Backstage
What the job involves
- At On the Beach, our Flights Booking team builds and maintains the platform connecting our customers to our broad range of flight providers
- The team ensures that the wide selection of flight combinations available to our customers is booked successfully with our suppliers every time
- Our systems map across a broad range of supplier technologies and capabilities, presenting a single unified gateway for flight booking to the wider business
- Our mission is to ensure that there are zero failed bookings
- As a Senior Software Engineer in Flights Booking, you will build scalable backend systems and platforms that abstract supplier-specific logic for our customers, enable complex flight routing options, and provide a leading experience for our suppliers and their partners
- You will work on systems that support supplier connectivity, power the requote/reserve/book process, and support post-booking actions from both customers and suppliers
- This is a backend and platform-focused role with a strong emphasis on distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, operational excellence, and high performance at scale
- You will collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, analysts, and commercial teams to deliver dependable and commercially impactful solutions
- Our full time hours are 37.5 per week, but we don't have rigid working hours so you can find the working pattern that's right for you
- We have core working hours between 10am - 4pm, so we can collaborate and enjoy the social side of work
Application process
- After a call with our Talent Acquisition Team, We will run a 3 stage interview process all on Microsoft Teams, Which will consist of:
- Hiring Manager meet & greet - 30 Minutes
- Behavioural & ways of working - 60 Minutes
- Tech Pairing & System Design - 90 Minutes
- We want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to perform at their best
Our take
With around 80% of UK citizens’ holidays booked online, On The Beach has become a challenger brand in the beach and package holiday sector. With around two million people using its platform to book their holidays abroad, it utilises brand partnerships to provide a wealth of discounts and deals for holidaymakers.
Having entered the London Stock Exchange in 2015, On The Beach has grown its brand since 2004. It shows no signs of slowing down either, with revenue surging in 2025 to set the company up for a new objective. It will now use its growing AI toolkit to disrupt the cruise holiday market, a fast-growing travel sector that the company has not yet capitalised on.
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Company benefits
- 📅25 days holiday
- 🥳 An extra day off on your birthday!
- 💷Option to buy extra annual leave
- Discount on holidays.. Plus two bonus days off (a take-off and landing day) to start and end your On the Beach holiday in the right way!
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working
- Access to Learnerbly learning platform
- With a personal allowance to support your own personal development
- Family friendly policies
- Including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption pay, plus other family friendly support
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Including access to free counselling and GP appointments
- Share Incentive Plan (SIP)
- Onsite subsidised coffee shop
- Sandbox (our very own bar)
- Gym discounts
- Food and drink discounts
- Regular social events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Simplyhealth Optimise Health Plan
Company HQ
Manchester, UK
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Leadership
Shaun Morton
(CEO)Previously CFO at On The Beach, Director of Finance at ghd and a Senior Manager of Commercial Finance at Asda.
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