Software Engineer – Junior Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
About the role
Edinburgh Airport’s Software Engineering Team works to create digital experiences which help make travel better. Our products include passenger-facing websites, internal tools to help the airport operate smoothly and efficiently, and our Multi-Airport eCommerce Platform (AirportX) that we’re working on scaling globally. We’ve got some very exciting projects on the go, and we need you to help us deliver them.
The Software Engineering team is a small, distributed team of highly-skilled engineers who work across the entire stack. We’re looking for someone who can bring their knowledge and experience to the team and who will get involved in generating product & feature ideas, launching prototypes and MVPs, AB testing changes and then launching these products and features to production.
Our tech stack includes (but is not limited to) Node.js, React, Next.js, MySQL and Google Cloud.
What you’ll be doing
- Develop functionality for Edinburgh Airport’s digital products and maintain and the existing web applications
- Work across the entire stack with the opportunity to learn about frontend, backend and cloud-based technologies
- Support teams throughout the business on our internal ticketing system
- Solve technical challenges by applying engineering best practices to produce new and innovative digital solutions
What we’re looking for
To apply for this role, you’ll need:
- Knowledge of TypeScript, with experience in Node.js on the backend, and modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue
- Experience with databases (we mainly use MySQL)
- Understanding of engineering best practices, such as source control and testing
The following additional items would be nice to have, but are not essential for this role:
- Ability to build data pipelines using Python
- Experience with ecommerce and online payments (we use Stripe)
- An understanding of Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), CI/CD for deploying services to the cloud
If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.
Who we are
- We have fun and look out for each other
- We like a challenge
- We have a bias for action
- We have a love for learning and innovation
- We are proud of what we do and we care about delivering good results
- We have freedom to set our own priorities and decide which tools we use
- We can identify Scandinavian countries by their road markings
What we’ll offer you
- Flexible working- whether that’s hybrid or flexible hours, we’ll help you find an option that suits you
- Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
- 32 days holiday, increasing with service
- Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
- We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here
Why EDI?
We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.
Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.
