Employment Type: 12 Months - Fixed Term

Hours of Work: 37.5

Location: Remote  

What will I be doing? 

• Lead and mentor the mobile development team, providing guidance, performance feedback, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Act as a hands-on developer, contributing high-quality code using React Native, Expo, and AWS AppSync, while participating in technical decision-making.
• Oversee the full app development lifecycle, from planning and architecture to release, maintenance, and ensuring coding standards and CI/CD practices are followed.
• Collaborate closely with product, UX, and engineering stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, intuitive, and reliable mobile app features.
• Ensure app quality, performance, and security, including code reviews, testing, QA, release management, and monitoring.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, staying current with mobile development trends, identifying process enhancements, and evolving the technology stack.
  
  Your next chapter
  We know that the perfect candidate who ticks every box doesn’t exist, so if you’re excited by the role and can do most of the below – please get in touch. You could be exactly what we need!
  
  Ideally, we’re looking for:
• Technical Expertise: 3+ years of engineering experience with demonstrated proficiency in React Native, Expo, AWS (including CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, AppSync, S3), and TypeScript.
• App Delivery Experience: Proven track record of delivering apps to production via Android Play Store and iOS App Store, with a strong understanding of the app release lifecycle.
• Front-End & Development Skills: Exposure to SQL, GraphQL, Tailwind CSS, Storybook, CI/CD pipelines, and experience with source control tools such as Git. Experience with Next.js desirable but not essential.
• Problem Solving & Analytics: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to software testing strategies and continuous improvement.
• Adaptability & Environment: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and manage competing priorities effectively.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Prior experience mentoring and supporting junior developers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
• Desirable Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with automated testing frameworks, mobile analytics tools, and TypeScript best practices.
• UX & Customer Focus: Understanding of UX best practices, mobile accessibility, and experience delivering large-scale, customer-facing applications.
  
  What's in it for you?
  
  We believe in taking care of our team. As well as joining a rapidly growing company with a good culture and opportunities for employee development, we provide competitive salaries and a range of benefits, including:
  
  These include:

• 25 days’ paid holidays plus bank holidays
• A special day off for your or a loved one’s birthday
• £500 paid towards a holiday of your choice
• A paid day to volunteer with a charity close to your heart
• A friends and family discount scheme
• Life assurance for your peace of mind
• Social clubs for pet lovers, fitness enthusiasts, gardeners, sustainability champions, nutrition enthusiasts and more
• Exciting social events, including our famous Christmas parties!
  

Who are we?

We’re Travel Chapter – the holiday home people – and we’re on a mission to showcase great places to stay in the UK. While we’ve grown over the years from a small South West holiday letting agency to one of the market leaders in the industry, we’ve never lost sight of our strong family ethos and we keep the same values at the heart of everything we do. Along the way, we’ve nurtured a caring and collaborative culture that drives us forward and keeps our team inspired and motivated every day.

Highlighted by our place on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 list, the people behind our company are at the heart of everything we do and it’s a place where everyone is welcome; a place that’s friendly and fair; a place that encourages people to be bold, explore new ideas and push the boundaries of what they do every single day.

We are passionate about what we do, and we take a common-sense approach to getting things done. Inevitably, things go wrong from time to time, and we do everything we can to make it right. We learn from it and adapt, remembering to stay curious and never stop evolving.

Diversity is key to our success and work hard to make sure we’re inclusive. Let us know if you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We’ll be happy to help.