Be part of the team transforming global travel experiences!
Luxury Escapes is one of the world’s fastest-growing travel websites, with over 6 million members. We are growing rapidly & seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our multi-Languages team.
Our global push is the biggest initiative happening at Luxury Escapes right now, and our multi-language team owns Tech’s contribution to this project.
Luxury Escapes is an in-person company, with 4 days in the office, and 1-day WFH.
About the team
Our cross-functional teams include Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers focused on delivering solutions and solving problems rather than simply completing tickets. The structure is flat, and the process is lean, with a culture of MVP, iteration, and "build, measure, learn" at the heart of everything we do. We share in-depth experience in Node/Typescript, React, PostgreSQL, AWS SQS, SNS, S3 Lambda, and more.
The Multi-Language team's goal is to take Luxury Escapes international!
Currently, most of our sales come from Australia, and while we sell in overseas markets, our site is only available in English. We're at the start of a huge global push, focussed first on Europe. We are establishing a European HQ, and plan to launch a German native language site late this year. We're building the technical solutions to ensure that the project succeeds. We'll fast-follow with other European languages, and some South-East Asian languages, then continue from there.
Some problems we're solving:
- What technical architecture makes sense, in getting English content from our many microservices into our Translation Management System (TMS), and back out again? We're exploring options now and leaning towards an event-based architecture.
- Ultimately users should be able to vary language, region, and currency independently. (E.g., browse our US site's content, in Chinese language, paying in Euros). But, what's our MVP? And how do we iterate from there?
- How should we store content once it's translated? Pull it from our TMS and cache in Redis? Store in Postgres? If so, using what schema?
- Where do we give each team autonomy with how they handle translations? Where should the multi-language team set patterns that all teams must follow?
- What are the best solutions for translating hard-coded strings in our clients - web, Android, and iOS? What about e.g., error messages coming from our APIs?
What you'll do
- Deliver features and enhancements relating to the new Luxury Escapes Platform, to ensure all LE members, vendors and internal teams have the best customer journey experience.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to design and develop software solutions that meet business needs and deliver value to customers.
- Apply best practices and industry standards for software development, such as agile methodologies, test-driven development, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
- Implement and maintain APIs to enable integration with third-party services, such as airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and payment processors.
- Monitor system performance and reliability, and proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure maximum uptime and customer satisfaction.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior software engineers and participate in code reviews & other quality assurance activities to ensure high-quality software delivery.
Relevant Skills:
- Proficiency in JavaScript and its frameworks, including React, Node.js and Typescript.
- Solid knowledge of SQL, specifically PostgreSQL, for database management.
- Familiarity with RESTful API design principles and implementation.
- Experience in automated testing and continuous integration processes.
- Knowledge and experience working with microservices architecture.
What’s in it for you?
We consider our people one of our most important assets – and we want our team to love their working lives! When you work for Luxury Escapes, you can look forward to:
- Excellent Remuneration package
- 20% Discount on Luxury Holidays and Experiences
- Health and Well-being programs
- A bonus day of birthday leave
- Breakfast and lunch are provided 5-days a week
- A super collaborative team that enjoys creating great platforms
If you’re interested in the role but don't check every box, apply anyway, we’d love to hear from you.
We embrace diversity in our people and make hiring decisions based on your experiences and skills. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. You'll find a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful workplace here at Luxury Escapes, and we are proud to celebrate who you are. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview.
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