Software Engineer
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Principal Software Engineer
loveholidays
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Lead
About the role
- Lead AI innovation and tool adoption for feature delivery, enabling teams to leverage AI capabilities for both development acceleration and customer-facing solutions
- Embed within delivery teams to provide hands-on technical leadership, pairing with engineers and role modelling excellence
- Identify successful technical patterns and architectural solutions from high-performing teams, then work hands-on with other teams to implement and adapt these approaches
- Drive measurable technical excellence outcomes (performance, reliability, maintainability) by establishing and tracking KPIs that align with business objectives and facilitate continuous improvement
- Champion and evolve a performance culture across all engineering teams - We blog about performance regularly and will expect you to as well
- Promote loveholidays' technical excellence culture through activities like blogging and conference presentations
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key technology vendors to ensure access to the latest performance solutions
Requirements
- Experience with AI-powered feature development and leveraging AI tooling for software delivery, with enthusiasm for transforming how we build and deliver software
- Proven track record of working hands-on with engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges, building team capabilities and promoting sustainable practices
- Seasoned facilitator who excels at pairing with engineers, leading technical discussions, and helping teams navigate architectural decisions through practical, hands-on collaboration
- Ability to identify and scale successful technical patterns while connecting technical excellence to measurable business outcomes
- Proven Experience: A track record of building and optimising scalable, high-performance websites
- Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of web performance engineering principles, algorithms, software design, and relevant technologies (e.g. CDNs, WAFs, Edge Computing)
Benefits
- Company pension contributions at 5%.
- Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up.
- Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends.
- 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum.
- Ability to buy and sell annual leave.
- Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
AI-powered feature developmentweb performance engineeringsoftware designalgorithmsscalable website optimizationtechnical patterns identificationKPI trackingcontinuous improvementhands-on technical leadershiparchitectural solutions
Soft skills
facilitationcollaborationtechnical discussion leadershiprelationship buildingteam capability buildingsustainable practices promotionperformance culture advocacybloggingconference presentationproblem-solving
