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Purpose of the job

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be a key figure in one of our cross-functional teams, designing and building cloud-native, greenfield products from the ground up. You’ll take ownership of features and new capabilities, working closely with a Product Manager, Engineering Manager, and your teammates to deliver high-quality software that is reliable, scalable, and secure.

You’ll be hands-on every day; refining stories, writing code, reviewing pull requests, and solving interesting technical problems. You’ll bring strong engineering practices to the team and help shape the way we build software. While you’re not expected to manage people, your technical depth and experience mean you’ll naturally become a point of reference for others on the team.

We have a modern TypeScript stack, cloud-native environment, containerised deployments, and a strong focus on automation, observability, and AI-enhanced development.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, delivering high-impact features, and being part of a high-trust, high-autonomy engineering culture, we'd love to have you onboard.

Key Responsibilities

Write clean, efficient, and testable code, owning complex features and services from design to deployment.
Work closely with your squad (PMs, engineers, QAs) to refine requirements, scope technical solutions, and deliver great software.
Champion automated testing and CI/CD. You’ll write unit, integration, and contract tests, and help make our systems robust and reliable.
Build, deploy, and monitor services in AWS using tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions.
Take responsibility for the health, performance, and maintainability of the code you ship.
Help evolve our engineering standards and practices by sharing knowledge, reviewing code, and learning from incidents.
Champion observability. You’ll be using DataDog to monitor services and debug production issues.
Being a mentor and teacher to less experienced engineers.
Develop in an Agile environment using tools like Git, Jira, and Confluence, with a mindset of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Non-negotiable

5+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on TypeScript (Node.js & React) and excellent knowledge of JavaScript fundamentals.
Experience building and running production systems in AWS using tools like EKS, Lambda, RDS.
Skilled in designing and building GraphQL and RESTful APIs, with practical knowledge ofMongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Kafka.
Comfortable developing software within an event-driven architecture.
Deep knowledge of writing automated tests with Jest, Pact, and the principles of TDD.
Comfortable building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (we use GitHub Actions) for code deployment primarily using Terraform.
Experience using DataDog (or similar) to monitor services and debug production issues.
Experience working in Agile environments using tools like Git, Jira, and Confluence, with a mindset of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Able to take a problem and run with it, bringing a pragmatic, product-focused approach to software delivery.

Personal Attributes

Show initiative: self-driven, independent problem-solver who take ownership end-to-end
Innately curious: constantly questioning, learning, and seeking deeper understanding
Innovative: think outside the box and be creative and implement ideas that enhance our systems - innovation is valued highly at Collinson
Communicative collaborator: share openly, work across teams, and integrate feedback
Strong analytical and investigative problem-solving skills
Hungry and eager to make a difference at a technical and operational level
The ability to get things done – we don’t like micro-management, but we expect you to do the right thing
An attitude of being proud of your code and taking ownership

About us: Our story

Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. Predominantly through the provision of travel related benefits within a market leading digital travel ecosystem. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle Benefits and Insurance.

The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.

We have more than 25 years’ experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 colleagues globally.

Equal Opportunities: Our commitment to inclusion

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at recruitment@collinson.com

Reward & Benefits: What's in it for me?

You can look forward to a competitive salary and benefit plan including but not limited to:

Medical & Dental Care
Priority Pass Membership
Childcare allowance (for children up to 6 years old)
Birthday day off
Work From Anywhere 8 weeks per year

About Us

Collinson Group is powered by a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity. Our employee experience brings together everything that makes us unique: our strong values, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programmes, and our inclusive culture. Most importantly, it’s our people who make the difference. At Collinson Group, we’re curious, hardworking, humble, and focused on creating impact together, which is why we’re proud to be recognised as a top workplace.

Why work here?

Better journeys start here — including your own.

Join a growing global business where you can solve meaningful challenges, collaborate with talented people around the world and help shape the future of travel, loyalty and customer experience.

Bring your perspective, grow beyond your role and make an impact that reaches beyond profit.

Your next journey could start here

Our Culture

At Collinson Group, our culture is shaped by how we work as much as what we achieve. We are curious, ambitious and grounded, and we believe the strongest ideas are built together.

Our values — Do the Right Thing, Take Action, One Team and Act Smarter — guide the decisions we make, the way we treat one another and how we deliver for our clients, customers and partners.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to do meaningful work and fulfil their potential. Through learning and development, recognition, wellbeing, inclusion and our commitment to sustainability and community impact, we create an environment where people can grow, contribute and feel that they belong.

Senior Software Engineer