Senior Software Engineer - Search Experience (Fullstack)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack): Building modern full stack applications and customer-facing experiences for holiday discovery and shopping with an accent on performant web applications and customer experience. Focus on creating fast, intuitive journeys for search, personalization, and package customization.

Location: Hybrid (Manchester, UK). Attendance in the Manchester office is required one day every two weeks.

Company

One of the UK's largest online package holiday specialists, focusing on rewriting the rules of how people discover and book getaways.

What you will do

• Develop modern full stack applications and customer-facing experiences to shape how users discover and shop for holidays.
• Build performant, accessible, and reliable user interfaces and web applications.
• Create and optimize backend APIs and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and analysts to improve business performance and customer outcomes.
• Utilize experimentation, analytics, and customer insights to guide technical decisions.
• Implement AI-assisted engineering and agentic coding workflows.

Requirements

• Strong full stack fundamentals and experience building scalable customer-facing platforms.
• Proficiency in modern frontend engineering and backend API development.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and modern engineering practices.
• Ability to make pragmatic engineering decisions in fast-paced environments.
• Must be based in or able to regularly commute to the Manchester office.

Nice to have

• Experience with React, TypeScript, .NET, and AWS.
• Knowledge of observability tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus birthday off, with additional leave for package holidays.
• Access to Learnerbly platform, professional qualifications, and workshops.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, and adoption pay.
• Simplyhealth Optimise Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Onsite subsidised coffee shop, a company bar (The Sandbox), and local food/drink discounts.
• Share Incentive Plan (SIP) and Cycle to Work scheme.

Hiring process

• Initial call with the Talent Acquisition Team.
• Hiring Manager meet & greet (30 minutes).
• Behavioural and ways of working interview (60 minutes).
• Technical Pairing & System Design session (90 minutes).