Travel is not just about the destination; it's about every memory made along the way. We are dedicated to shaping the future of travel by partnering with 200+ airline, hospitality, cruise, passenger rail, and financial services companies to create new, meaningful revenue streams through incredible customer experiences. Rooted in our core values of being ambitious, innovative, and collaborative, we are driven to continuously raise the bar, exceed expectations, and bring out the best in everyone, fostering a culture where we believe we are better together, working towards an extraordinary future in travel. Come help us transform everyday travel into extraordinary experiences.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Rail team is a cross-functional squad within Plusgrade’s Solutions Business Unit that owns and evolves our rail upgrade and ancillary platform for partners like Amtrak, Eurostar, and European Sleeper. They design, build, and optimize products such as Bid Upgrades and Instant Upgrades, along with rail-specific eligibility, pricing, and reporting capabilities, to help railway operators maximize revenue and elevate the passenger experience. The team works closely with product, engineering, and partner stakeholders to deliver new launches, migrate partners onto our latest storefront (AMP v3), and continuously improve performance across our global rail portfolio.
Our Software Developers are full stack. In a typical week, a developer will develop new features with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, and frontend, automation, and test developers. We value shipping well tested high quality features fast and frequently. They also collaborate with peers to develop technical proposals and contribute to internal tools that optimize our development processes. They will assist our skilled support team and operations team in triaging and resolving issues.
YOU ARE SOMEONE WITH:
-Experience working on a team and delivering a product you are proud of.
-5+ years of professional experience building web applications in an Agile/Scrum environment.
-The ability to lead technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions.
-A knack for writing understandable, testable, and maintainable code.
-Strong communication skills, making it easy to explain complex technical concepts to designers, support staff, and other developers.
-Solid computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
-Experience designing and implementing software in Java (SpringBoot, open source libraries) and deploying it in the cloud (AWS preferred), as well as using React with TypeScript (or similar).
-A strong understanding of testing and the test pyramid, as well as pipelines and feedback loops, with a focus on quality delivery (Junit, Mockito).
-A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT US:
🏦 RRSP Matching
🏥 Comprehensive Health Plans
📅 Flexible Paid Time Off
✈️ Travel Experience Perk
🧘 Annual Wellness Perk
🚆 Commuter Perk
🌅 Tenure-based Work From Anywhere Program
🍼 Parental Leave Top Up
🌍 Adventure Pass
🎓Learning Allowance
OUR PROCESS: Plusgrade is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Upon request we will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities.We believe in diversity and inclusivity and that is why our interview process is designed for a positive candidate experience and to ensure every candidate is evaluated equally. All applications will be reviewed from our Talent Team and the successful candidate(s) will go through the following recruitment process:
-Recruiter Phone Interview
-Hiring Manager Interview
-Technical Challenge: Live coding exercise
-Team Interview
All candidates will be provided with feedback regardless if they pass or didn’t pass any of our interview stages. All your information will be kept confidential.