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London, Greater London
Software Engineer - Connections Team
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Our Mission We're Trainline, Europe's leading rail and coach travel app. We know travel's better when there's less stress and less time spent planning, therefore our aim is to bring together all rail, coach and other services into one simple experience, so customers get the best prices and smart, real time travel info on the go Technology @ Trainline Over half of our staff are technologists, we're changing the way that people travel through the use of high quality software and technological innovation. We know that great software requires great coding practices . Trainline is used by millions of people every day, we process over 200 ticket sales per minute, and 80 million+ transactions per month. It simply would not be possible to move fast enough if we were not able to trust our engineers to produce code of the highest quality. Here are some key practices which we insist upon across our teams that allow us to release over 300 times per week. We review code via pull requests We pair smartly We advocate Test-Driven Development (TDD) We treat staging like production Introducing the Connections Team Did you know that Trainline sell the rail + coach tickets of over 200 transport operating companies in 45 countries? Those numbers are constantly growing and in the Connections team we focus on building & supporting new and existing integrations with these companies. At Trainline we make it possible to book travel from Milan to Paris or from Madrid to Marseille. Our connections team are at the heart of making that happen. // As a Software Engineer at Trainline you will... - Use cutting edge technology to deliver world class solutions - Deliver new functionalities, using the most appropriate tools & techniques - Continuously improve the code base, removing technical debt + provide excellent customer experience when applicable. - Work in a cross-functional team with all the skills necessary to deliver the product end to end // We'd love to hear from you if you... - Thrive in a diverse, open and collaborative environment - Have advanced full stack software development experience using Ruby (Sinatra/Rails ideal) - Love working to Agile development practices - Enjoy working with APIs Our Culture Everything begins with great people, as well as aptitude, we put a heavy emphasis on attitude. Coaches Over Heroes - We prioritise the focus on being one team over elevating the heroics of an individual, for us the true heroes are those individuals who are excellent at nurturing, coaching and generous in sharing their knowledge with others. Well-being - Everything that we do takes into account the morale of every member of our team, their opportunities for growth and for participation in exciting challenges. Mentoring and Learning - We have a mentoring community that is constantly growing, we provide people with mentors or buddies from various teams. Trust - We hire awesome people capable of making smart decisions - empowerment is a great enabler of agility. We value open expression at Trainline, we believe it's the diversity of experience, backgrounds and perspectives of our employees that makes us who we are. We encourage everybody to play a part in changing the way people travel across the world.