Job Description

Travelport is a place of opportunity. It's our incredible team that makes our company great - our people drive our winning culture.

What's Travelport?

Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We're leading the change; we are the change.

We are on a mission to power the future of travel; come join us.

What does a great Sr. Software Development Engineer I do?

As a senior developer, you will be responsible for developing Java based microservices, overseeing junior developers on projects, and supporting various development duties. The responsibilities of senior developers include writing code, analyzing data, and contributing to the design and implementation of software.

To be successful as a senior developer, you should demonstrate attention to detail, persistence, follow-through, great skill in creativity and innovation, ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment, and possess excellent communication skills. Ultimately, a top-notch senior developer should have extensive experience in software development, be able to keep up-to-date with deadlines, and have strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Design, development and maintenance work on an agile scrum team focused on delivering non-traditional air content to our agency applications.
• Develop Java based APIs, microservices, and automated tests.
• Ensure high quality deliverables, testing using a fully automated test framework.
• Participate in feature and story refinement and research and analyze impact for new capabilities.
• Ensure the successful completion of stories during each iteration to achieve Program Increment Objectives
• Help drive team velocity by working closely with the team. Ensuring functional development work and maintenance and support activities are completed in adherence to Travelport technology standards.
• Generate ideas to improve overall system design and/or streamline CI/CD pipeline to generate efficiencies in system flow and participate in supporting the availability and stability of applications in production.

Who we are looking for in this role:

• 5-7+ years of Java development.
• Experience in the development of scalable enterprise applications in JSON, REST and micro-services on private and public Cloud providers.
• Expertise with Eclipse, Linux, Spring/Hibernate, SonarQube, HTTPS, XML, WSDL, Postman, SQL, noSQL, SOAP services, JUnit, Git/GitHub/GitBucket, REST-Assured or other automated testing technologies/tools, containers (Docker), orchestrators (OpenShift), in driving CI/CD initiatives and pipeline automation
• Experience mentoring Agile teams with a substantial commitment to DevOps practices and Behavior Driven Development.
• Excellent written and verbal skills, good interpersonal skills, effective conflict resolution skills, and good time management skills
• Agile/SAFe certifications, JIRA, Confluence, or Travel industry domain experience preferred.
• B.S. degree in relevant field

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you're likely to succeed if you:

• Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things
• Take responsibility and own your work
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before

These are just a few of our employee's favorite benefits/perks...

Competitive base salary, annual bonus, private medical insurance, very generous holiday allowance (including all of Christmas to New Year and your birthday!), life assurance, dental and vision insurance, restaurant & food vouchers, and more!

Interested? We'd love for you to get in touch!*

*Please note that if your application is progressed, you may be asked to complete a self-recorded video interview, at a time that works best for you. This is your chance to bring your skills & experience to life in your own words and style. Ensure you keep an eye on your junk folder just in case our invitation finds its way there.

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.

About Us

Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform. Our next-generation virtual marketplace connects travel buyers and travel sellers, that share our passion for delivering exceptional travel experiences.

Unconflicted and independent, we are re-inventing a simpler future for travel's complex ecosystem.

Our platform gives the industry the power to help people see the world. We make it simple for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect to agencies and travelers, through personalized and engaging content.

We are a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities and customers we serve. We are socially responsible, and we give back to our communities.

We encourage our people to think differently and have the courage, confidence, and ambition to challenge what has been done before.

Travelport is on a mission to make Travel easier and more rewarding for everyone.