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Who we are

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Were On the Beach. Theres over 500 of us, mostly at home, and sometimes in our office in Manchester.

We send nearly two million people on holiday every year (not together) and were expecting to get to three million pretty sharpish. Why? Because were the only holiday company who truly gets why going on your holidays is the best week or two of the year.

With our market-leading offers, scalable, flexible and innovative technology, strong customer-value proposition and low cost base, were challenging existing players and redefining how customers book, manage and experience their holidays.

And it doesnt stop there. With huge opportunities for growth, were on a long-term mission to become Europes biggest and most loved online retailer of beach holidays, so our storys only really just begun…

We're on the lookout for talented, beach-loving people to join us and contribute to the next chapter of our story. You will get to work on interesting projects and will be given the tools and autonomy to have the chance to make your impact on our growth plans.

We're a down to earth and friendly bunch, with little bureaucracy or hierarchy, and whilst we may have grown in size, we've not lost our entrepreneurial spirit. It's in our DNA.

You'll find diverse teams, reflective of the world we live in and the customers we serve. We believe strongly that difference, not uniformity, is critical to our success. We know that better decisions happen when they are made by a range of voices, perspectives and experiences. As an equal opportunities employer, we value and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What you'll be doing

There are lots of things which contribute to a perfect beach holiday for our customers. The flight and hotel are key elements and at On The Beach were well equipped to offer a great selection to pick from. In the Ancillaries team we focus on all the other elements which contribute to the perfect holiday, from the practicalities of car parking and travel insurance through to more luxurious experiences like airport lounges and private transfers.

Our existing services offer core functionality and deliver meaningful business value but were aiming to go much further. Were an OKR led cross functional product team with big plans for product growth, a variety of technical challenges to solve and significant scope for innovation.

Our job is to provide a clean and simple API to allow our customers, internal and external, to book and manage products from multiple providers. Were building new APIs, using .NET Core and Node to sit within a micro-service architecture, embracing the latest cloud technologies (AWS) and powered by CI/CD pipelines. Our goal is to have the capability to rapidly onboard new products and suppliers as well as improve the maintenance and extensibility of our existing services.

As one of our engineers, youll be expected to be a team player, be passionate about what you do and have a strong interest in engineering practices. As well as being able to deliver small to large tasks independently youll spend time collaborating with other engineers on shared work.

Were evangelists of agile values and principles but each team is responsible for their own way of working. As an engineer youll help drive the teams processes forward by promoting continuous improvement. We deploy multiple times a day and are working towards a continuous delivery pipeline.

You'll be a great addition to our team if you have the following skills, knowledge and experience

• You are a curious engineer and love technology
• You are a software craftsperson and strongly believe in producing high-quality, resilient services
• You are passionate about solving the problem at hand, rather than the specific language and toolset
• You are nimble and able to adapt to new challenges quickly
• You are collaborative by default and are a team player
• You are a polyglot thinker
• You believe in test-driven development
• You are proactive in seeking out and evaluating emerging technologies and practices that can add value to the platform
• You are passionate about working in an agile environment
• Experience in object-oriented software development, with excellent problem solving skills.
• Experience in C# / .NET Core / Node / Typescript
• Experience with AWS

What to expect from our interview process

We will have a three stage interview process for this position that will consist of

• 30 minutes first-stage interview
• Take-home task
• 2-hour interview split 1-hour competency, and 1 hour technical

OR

• 
  30 minutes first-stage interview,
• Remote pair programming exercise
• 1.5-hour interview, 30 minutes to discuss your technical test and 1-hour competency-based interview.

We want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process please let the People team know and they will be happy to assist.

Ways of working

Our fulltime 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.

We also have hybrid working so we all work from home and from our Aeroworks office in Manchester City Centre.

Our benefits

We might be biased but we think our colleagues are pretty great. They're the people that have made On the Beach what it is today and continue to make it vibrant and successful tomorrow. That's why we offer a competitive benefits package, known as our Beach Perks, to all On the Beach colleagues. These include: