Junior Developer

TAKE YOUR CAREER IN A NEW DIRECTION

At Eurostar, we're fuelling the future of rail travel - operating in five countries and sparking new opportunities for travellers. But our trains connect much more than just people and places. They're helping us build a greener, more inclusive future for everyone. Join us and you'll be part of a passionate team which always goes the extra mile.

An exciting opportunity awaits you as Junior Developer in our Technology & Process Optimisation team. As a Junior Developer you'll be working with product owners, business analysts, scrum masters, and engineers to implement features across our estate of cloud native software products and services. We're working in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, hosted on AWS with Kubernetes, with a fully automated continuous integration pipeline.

This permanent position is based in our London office with hybrid working.

The close date for this role is Monday, 19 January at 5pm. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible; Eurostar reserves the right to contact candidates before close date and to close the role earlier if suitable candidates are identified.

Requirements

We're looking for someone to:

• Work as an integral part of an agile team contributing towards the planning and development of the systems the team use
• Collaborate with engineers, Product Owners and Business Analysts to define solutions, ways of working and share knowledge across the department
• Review code and providing support to other members of the team
• Work on client-facing applications in React/Next.js
• Design and build Node.js/GraphQL APIs
• Maintain and improve the quality of the software we deliver, the codebases we work on and the tooling we use
• Help to identify and resolve reported issues
• Keep our customers' data safe
  
  

You'll need...

• A Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, PhD) is a plus
• Experience or exposure to AI is essential (a Bachelors or Master's in Computer Science with AI specialism is highly desirable)
• A minimum of 1-2 years corporate experience in an e-commerce travel industry environment is essential
• Experience in writing modern JavaScript applications (frontend or backend, e.g. ECMAScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, etc) and a desire to learn more
• Basic understanding of DevOps/modern infrastructure practices (e.g. AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, CI, etc) and a desire to learn more
• Some experience in (automated) testing (unit or integration or E2E, etc) and a desire to learn more
• Experience working in autonomous agile environments
• Awareness of security best practices in software development
  
  

Benefits

Benefits

We're Constantly Working To Create a Bright Future For Our Company And Our Colleagues. That's Why We Offer a Wide Range Of Brilliant Benefits, Including:

• Travel benefits that can be used for both work and play including 75% off underground network from Day 1
• Competitive defined benefit pension scheme
• Free Eurostar tickets
• Discounted Eurostar tickets for friends and family
• Ongoing training and development
• Lots of other exclusive deals, discounts and perks
  
  

A whole new platform for your career - If you think you've got what it takes to help us make Eurostar bigger and better than ever before then we'd love to hear from you.

At Eurostar we believe in giving everyone an equal chance. We actively encourage applications from talented individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, whether you're pregnant or on maternity leave.

Your individuality is your strength, and we want a diverse team that reflects the world we live in.