Senior Full Stack Engineer – Platform Development, Operations & Migration

Company Description

IAG Tech is a community of IT and digital professionals from across the International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky. 

Our vision is to become the most trusted digital airline. We seek to delight our customers, enable our colleagues, accelerate business performance, increase shareholder value, and protect our business through the innovative and agile use of technology and data. 

To harness our full potential across our customer, operational and colleague journeys, as well as our enabling domains, platforms and programmes, we are changing our ways of working and transitioning into a product-led organisation at scale. 

Job Description

Job Purpose

The candidate should have a strong technical background coupled with demonstrable experience in developing scalable, high-quality, and high-performance software products based on business requirements. The candidate should be comfortable architecting the solution, looking at feasibility and technical constraints, ensuring the system architecture and technology stack will support the intended product and enable the overall platform goals.

You will be responsible for the maintenance, running, and future development of platform V1. IAG Connect is starting a process of re-platforming and migrating from V1 to V2 over a period of around 18-24 months. V1 will remain the live and business-critical enabler for Wi-Fi onboard IAG’s airlines during this period. The focus will be on maintenance, operational improvements, and security. At the end of the migration process, this role will transition to responsibilities within the V2 platform, with a more operational focus.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Deliver both technical leadership and development of the .air V1 platform for inflight connectivity.
• Work closely with stakeholders to form and deliver against the agreed roadmap.
• Operate a DevOps model using CI/CD to support the platform, with a focus on operational efficiency and best practices.
• Collaborate with teams within the group to ensure compliance and alignment with group standards.
• Take ownership of architecture within the team and responsibility for integration with 3rd parties and other product teams across the group.
• Be technically hands-on, developing software (i.e., actual coding of solutions).
• Create and maintain technical documentation for solutions developed.
• Work with the IAG Connect team to assess product opportunities and recommend the best solution to the requirements.

Qualifications

Skills, qualifications, expertise and experience:

• Significant experience as a Senior Developer/Engineer with hands-on expertise in:
  • Node.js and TypeScript for backend services.
  • React for front-end development.
  • AWS cloud services and infrastructure management (e.g., EC2, ECS, Fargate, Lambda).
  • Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite.
  • DevOps skills, including working with GitHub Actions for CI/CD and AWS infrastructure management.
  • Ability to self-learn and navigate new AWS services and tools through documentation.

Desirable (Not essential):

• Experience as a Tech Lead, although direct management experience is not required.
• A mix of experience in both startups and large organisations, providing the ability to work in both agile and structured environments.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and experience developing and integrating customized third-party solutions.
• Exposure to testing tools like Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium for maintaining automated test suites.
• Experience designing and publishing REST APIs, particularly in service-based or enterprise environments.