On the Beach
Software Engineer - Frontend
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About Us
We’re On the Beach! Since 2003, we've been rewriting the rules of how people discover, book, and experience their perfect getaway. What started as connecting people to short-haul beach holidays has evolved into something much bigger - premium beach destinations, long-haul adventures, and vibrant city breaks – and that’s just the beginning of our story.
We send around two million holidaymakers on their dream breaks every year. And we're still growing.
Powered by our deep-rooted entrepreneurial spirit, proprietary tech, curiosity and our incredible people, we’re accelerating - delivering best in class technology, the ultimate holiday app, and experiences that keep our customers coming back for more.
Ready to build the future of travel with us?
About the Role
As a Software Engineer (Frontend), you’ll build modern full-stack applications and customer-facing experiences across the On the Beach platform.
This is a genuinely full-stack engineering role, but with a stronger emphasis on frontend engineering, modern web development and customer experience.
You’ll work across the application stack, from React and TypeScript interfaces through to backend services and APIs, while collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, designers and analysts.
You’ll help us solve customer and engineering problems, improve the performance and quality of our digital products, and contribute to the continued development of the products and systems you work on.
What you’ll be doing day to day
You’ll work on customer-facing products used by millions of holidaymakers.
Depending on the team and problem you’re working on, this could include:
- Building and maintaining production web applications
- Commercial experience with React and TypeScript
- Modern JavaScript and frontend engineering practices
- Creating responsive and accessible user experiences
- Developing and consuming backend APIs
- Working with backend services and understanding how frontend applications interact with them
- Building or supporting applications in a cloud environment such as AWS
- Automated testing across frontend and/or backend systems
- Debugging and troubleshooting production applications
- Working collaboratively with product, UX/design and engineering teams
- Making sensible technical decisions with support from more experienced engineers
- Taking responsibility for features from development through to production
- Contributing positively to engineering discussions and code reviews
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You don’t need to be equally strong in every area.
We’re most interested in engineers with strong frontend fundamentals who are comfortable working beyond the browser and want to continue developing their full-stack capability.
Experience within ecommerce, travel, marketplaces or another high-traffic consumer platform would be useful, but isn’t essential.
You’ll be a great addition to our team if you have the following skills, knowledge and experience
We are looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems and building scalable systems that operate reliably under high throughput environments.
You will likely have experience in:
- Building scalable, production-grade web applications
- Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript
- Modern JavaScript and frontend engineering practices
- Designing performant, responsive and accessible user experiences
- Developing and consuming backend APIs
- Building and operating applications in a cloud environment such as AWS
- Automated testing across frontend and backend systems
- Application monitoring, observability and troubleshooting
- Working closely with product, UX/design and engineering teams
- Making pragmatic technical decisions in fast-moving product environments
- Taking ownership of software from design through to production
- Supporting and mentoring other engineers
You don’t need to be equally strong in every area. We’re most interested in engineers with excellent frontend fundamentals who are comfortable working beyond the browser and understanding the systems behind the customer experience.
Experience within ecommerce, travel, marketplaces or another high-traffic consumer platform would be useful, but isn’t essential.
What we’re looking for at this level
Beyond the technologies themselves, we’re looking for someone who:
- Can independently deliver well-defined engineering work and take ownership of features
- Is comfortable solving technical problems with support where needed
- Thinks about the customer impact of the things they build
- Understands the importance of balancing quality, maintainability and delivery
- Contributes constructively to technical discussions
- Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Is open to feedback and actively looks for opportunities to develop
- Shares knowledge and works collaboratively with other engineers
- Is comfortable working in an environment where priorities and problems can change quickly
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What to expect from our interview process
After a call with our Talent Acquisition Team, We will run a 3 stage interview process all on Microsoft Teams, Which will consist of:
- Hiring Manager meet & greet - 30 Minutes
- Behavioural & ways of working - 60 Minutes
- Tech Pairing & System Design - 90 Minutes
We want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process please let the Talent Acquisition team know and they will be happy to assist.
Ways of working
Our full time hours are 37.5 per week, but we don't have rigid working hours so you can find the working pattern that's right for you. We have core working hours between 10am - 4pm, so we can collaborate and enjoy the social side of work.
We also have hybrid working so we all work from home and from our Aeroworks office in Manchester City Centre. You’ll be in the office one day every two weeks, and you’re more than welcome to come in more if you’d like.
Our benefits
We might be biased but we think our colleagues are pretty great. They're the people that have made On the Beach what it is today and continue to make it vibrant and successful tomorrow. That's why we offer a competitive benefits package, known as our Beach Perks, to all On the Beach colleagues.
These include:
- 25 days holiday plus your birthday off
- Generous discount on holidays, plus you will receive 2 extra days annual leave on top of your holiday allowance to use whilst you're away on your On the Beach package holiday
- Access to Learnerbly learning platform, plus workshops, courses and professional qualifications
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption pay, plus other family friendly support
- Employee Assistance Programme and free access to counselling
- Simplyhealth Optimise Health Plan
- Company Sick Pay scheme
- Regular wellbeing events
- Gym discount
- Share Incentive Plan (SIP)
- Death in Service cover
- Onsite subsidised coffee shop
- The Sandbox (our very own bar)
- Food and drink discounts across a number of venues in Manchester City Centre
- Regular social events
- Cycle to Work scheme
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