Principal Software Engineer

 Principal Software Engineer 

Who We Are and What We Do  

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 Principal 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.    

The role is required to participate in each stage of development from requirements to final acceptance. You are expected to participate in all Sprint ceremonies/meetings and strive to ensure that each new feature matches the Definition of Done. You’ll be working with a Tech Lead, Architect, Quality Manager and Engineering colleagues to define approaches, metrics and estimate timelines. You’ll be working with Product Owners and Managers to break down complex functionalities into a solution design then be prioritised to deliver for our customers. 
 
This role will be working on both the building of a new back-end as we transform our platform to modern technologies, support an existing business critical back office tool (headless) that our customers use, and have exposure to learn front end technologies to support the team with the maintenance of the front-end maintenance of one of our current products. Great opportunities to expand and build capabilities towards full stack engineering. 

The environment welcomes individuals who are looking to expand their capabilities beyond a single programming language. We encourage our engineers to try new things, bring great ideas to the table, fail fast and iterate frequently to deliver quality products that provide great experiences to our customers and end users. 

Key Responsibilities  

• Requirements analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of software components, including unit and integration tests as well as documentation.    

• Writing clean, scalable, readable, and maintainable code that follows best practices to continuously deliver value in each sprint.   

• Definition and evolution of REST and SOAP APIs.    

• Promotion of modular, testable, and maintainable Spring/Java based middleware APIs.   

• Contribution to the design of application and services.    

• Creating and maintaining complex back-office UI applications that are written in React.   
   

Required Competence and Skills 

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent.   

• Minimum 8+ years of hands-on work experience.    

• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, NoSQL and relational databases including MySQL.     

• Experience in UI technologies such as React and JavaScript.   

• Experience building JSON and XML API’s.  

• Experience working in an Agile (Scrum) environment.   

• Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines. GitLab experience would be beneficial.      

• Familiarity with design patterns, SOLID and TDD.  

• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Experience with micro-services and SaaS architectures. 

• Experience with Event Driven Architecture and Domain-driven design concepts.   

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

• Collaboration through MR reviews, mentoring peers and gain and share knowledge through pair programming as often as possible 

• 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.  
   

Why us?  

• We are a globally accredited Great Place To Work: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/6789/SilverRail+Technologies&time=1683041411341#career   

• We are an accredited flexible company and were named in Flexa’s Top 50 Most Flexible Companies: https://flexa.careers/companies/silverrail   

• We utilise a hybrid working model, providing equipment for home working alongside one or two monthly visits to our beautiful central London office.  

• We provide a wealth of career development opportunities with training that is individual, focused on improving your skills and helping you become the best professional you can be.  

• Our team’s health and wellness is genuinely important to us, so we offer a number of wellbeing seminars and membership to the #1 leading meditation app. 

• We are the fourth company in the world to become reproductively responsible, accredited by Hertility providing educational workshops around women’s health, family planning and fertility as well as progressive leave policies & hormone testing  

• A unique opportunity to work for a tech company that is helping the environment by revolutionising the way we travel.  

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.  

*We are a neurodiverse employer and are working hard to improve our recruitment processes, so if there is any way that we can make the recruitment experience better for you then please let us know in your application - all information will be treated as strictly confidential*