Senior Software Engineer

•    Based at Manchester Airport
•    Permanent Role 
•    We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds
•    Office or Flexible/Hybrid working for a better work/life balance

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:
•    Bonus scheme
•    11% company contribution pension
•    25 days holiday plus bank holidays
•    Free parking and subsidised public transport
•    Huge range of company discounts

You’ll act as Lead Engineer on large scale software initiatives within MAG and expand existing or drive new software to meet the changing needs of MAG whilst staying true to our company’s core values and needs. You’ll focus on creating fault-tolerant programming strategies using various DevOps tools for build, test and deploy. You’ll create scalable, automated solutions for Airport systems and Guest Experience using elastic based container solutions or RPA (robotic process automation) for example, as well as contribute to PoCs related to component technology. You’ll act as a mentor/coach to less experienced team members.

You’ll have significant experience of software development in various languages such as NodeJS TypeScript, C# etc. You’ll have excellent attention to detail, technology awareness and exposure to different systems integration technologies for example RESTFul, Message Queuing (specifically Kafka and RabbitMQ), Web Hooks etc. You’ll have Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL or MS SQL Server experience as well as source control capabilities and processes, and have experience of building cloud based services in AWS. Excellent team working and team leader skills are also essential. The following skills are desirable and will be an advantage…
•    Degree or equivalent education in Software Engineering or Information Technology or relevant subject
•    Experience documenting in tools such as Swagger
•    Experienced in agile delivery techniques and using agile tools such as Confluence and JIRA
•    Experienced in continuous integration/delivery methodologies
•    Operational and visualisation tooling such as Elastic
•    Experience in Front End development