Senior Software Engineer
You will play a crucial role in helping to shape the technical direction of our in house platforms
About the Role:
We’re looking for a senior software engineer to join one of our customer-facing product teams. You will play a crucial role in helping to shape the technical direction of our in house platforms. You will be supported by a Product Manager as well as a Lead Engineer to ensure we are building the right experiences to delight our customers with the right tech choices. We have big plans as a business and technology will be at the heart of it. If you are passionate about technology, possess strong leadership skills, and thrive in a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you.
Tech at Iglu:
- We work in an Agile way but let teams decide how to operate within those
- boundaries.
- We are happy with remote and office worki
- We are pragmatic about what technologies we use but always are evaluating new
- tools/languages/frameworks.
- We are passionate about Infrastructure as code and AWS is our platform of
- choice.
- We believe in autonomy and responsibility to sit in the teams that are building
- and deploying the software.
- Small frequent deployments are what we strive for.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coding and Development: Write clean, efficient, and well-documented co
- Participate in hands-on development as needed, contributing to critical parts of
- the project.
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical mentorship and support to junior
- members of the team.
- Architectural Design: Collaborate with lead to design and architect software
- solutions that meet business requirements and are scalable, efficient,
- maintainable.
- Quality Assurance: Establish and enforce quality assurance and testing
- processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality software. Perform code reviews
- and oversee testing efforts.
- Technical Innovation: Stay current with industry trends and emerging
- technologies. Recommend and implement new technologies and tools to
- improve development processes.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product
- managers, designers, and QA engineers, to ensure successful project delivery.
- Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve technical issues and challenges,
- providing timely solutions to keep projects on track.
Experience / Qualification
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Extensive experience of C#, MVC and SQL (.net framework and .net core).
- Extensive experience in API design and implementation.
- Experience working with frontend technologies such as Node, Typescript, React
- (or other frameworks).
- Experience creating and debugging containerised applications.
- Experience in mentoring junior software developers.
- Experience using agile methodologies.
- Knowledge of AWS (or other cloud technologies).
- Knowledge of TeamCity, Octopus and Bitbucket Pipelines.
- Knowledge of CRM would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of Twilio would be advantageous.
- Department
- IT
- Locations
- Wimbledon, Portsmouth
- Remote status
- Hybrid

Why join Iglu.com?
We might be online, but we're real people who want to make a real impact and work together to create the best experiences for our customers. We've grown a lot and have now created a diverse, flexible, rewarding environment that strives to let everyone be the best version of themselves.
Our social calendar and regular educational trips mean that it is not all hard work. The social committee also allow us to give back to some great causes and initiatives. Plenty of reasons to enjoy life at Iglu.com.
About Iglu.com
Iglu is the UK's largest independent specialist cruise and ski travel agency. We pride ourselves on providing expert advice on the widest range of holidays at competitive prices. Founded in 1998 in London, Iglu has grown from a small startup to one of the country’s leading digital travel agencies. Our mission is to help people achieve their travel dreams.
Iglu.com operates in the UK under the Iglu Cruise and Iglu Ski brands, as well as the Planet Cruise brand internationally. By offering more than 20,000 cruises and over 6 million ski holidays, no matter where you want to go or what you want to do, Iglu makes it easy and stress free with award-winning sales and customer support.
Recent Accolades:
Wave Awards 2024
Best Specialist Cruise Agency
Best Online Agent
Best Workplaces in Travel 2024
2nd Place (Large Company)
TTG 2024
Top 50 Travel Agencies
Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards 2024
Cruise Agency of the Year
Senior Software Engineer
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