Senior Back-End Software Engineer (12 Month Contract)

Senior Back-End Software Engineer 

(Parental Leave Cover – 12 Month Contract) 

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 Senior Back-End 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 is to cover one of our team who is going on parental leave, and will therefore be for a 12 month fixed term beginning around April. 
 

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.  

• 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 
   

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 building JSON and XML API’s. 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 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.   

• 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.  
   

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 offer a highly competitive benefits package including private healthcare.

• 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*