About Journee ✈️
Hi there! 👋 Journee was created back in 2019 because our Co-Founders - Ed, Megha and James - were frustrated with the travel industry. Booking a trip yourself is a time-consuming and painful experience. And everyone ends up going to the same places and doing the same things. With Journee, we've created a way for you to go on an adventure you never knew you needed. All we need is 10 minutes of your time to fill in our questionnaire.
The Role in a Nutshell
We are looking for a senior all-rounder Python and Django engineer to join the Scaling and Automation team. Technology underpins the growth aspirations of Journee, and as an early team member you’ll be critical in helping us leverage technology and apply it to the B2C travel space.
To achieve scale and bring Journee to as many people as possible, we are automating large parts of the customer journey that is traditionally handled manually, all the way from when a potential traveller first hears about us to when they come back from their trip.
There are a lot of roles in tech where the consumer is distant and the technical work is undifferentiated between different sectors. This is not one of those roles. We’re very close to our travellers and get to share in their journey, and everything we work on is to support that.
You Are
- A problem solver with a passion for automation.
- Curious, with a strong desire to learn; you want to understand how things work.
- An adaptable generalist, capable of finding the balance between speed of delivery and completeness.
- A proactive person who wants more than just to be handed pre-defined tasks.
- Looking for a meaningful role where the work you do makes a difference.
You Have
- Proven experience with Python and Django across multiple projects, as we’re heavy users of Django’s core features.
- Technical proficiency, intrinsic motivation, and the ability to work independently.
- Willingness to take control, have opinions, and get stuck into a challenge.
- Exposure to and enthusiasm for systems design, architecture, and cloud infrastructure.
What You'll Do
- Build out more user-facing features as we ramp the digital experiences we can offer customers who travel with us.
- Building new features from scratch and making improvements to our internal systems.
- Expanding the capabilities of our Journee matchmaking technology.
- Working with the rest of the team to guide operational efficiencies and external/internal improvements.
- Designing and extending backend architectures in a scalable and secure way, leveraging cloud infrastructure.
- Bringing software best practices to the table.
- Implementing tests where appropriate.
- Use our service and influence it!
Technologies we use
- Backend: Python (3.11, typed), Django (4.2), Postgres, Redis
- Frontend: Jinja2, DTL, Vue.js
- Infrastructure: Heroku, AWS, Docker, GitLab CI
- APIs: Typeform, Stripe, boto3, CRMs, email providers, WhatsApp, travel data providers
Benefits
- Be part of an early-stage team building a next-generation travel company, working alongside the founders.
- Flexible working of 3 days a week in the office.
- Employee options (you’ll own a piece of Journee!)
- Minimum 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Enjoy a Journee trip worth £1000, on us, every year!
Application process
- Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to [email protected]
- First stage interview is a video chat with Annie, our Talent Lead.
- Second stage is a video call with James, our Technical Co-Founder.
- Third stage is to complete a take-home task via GitLab.
- Fourth stage is a face to face meeting with Tomek and a whiteboarding session with James.
- Pop into the office and meet the Co-Founders and the rest of the team.
We are looking forward to receiving your application - good luck!
We are expecting an exceptionally high volume of applications; sadly, we’re unlikely to be able to respond to each individual applicant. Thanks for your patience and we’ll be sure to get in touch!
Journee is passionate about championing diversity
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from those of all backgrounds and walks of life.