Junior Engineer

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be.

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh, Berlin, Madrid, and Brussels. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey!

💻 Junior Engineer 📍 London (Hybrid, 40% in office) 💸 £35,000 – £38,000 starting salary + Benefits 

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy.  

We are recruiting cohorts of Junior Engineers to join us at Trainline in London! These are entry level vacancies for those who are curious, eager to learn and create impact. Joining as a Junior Engineer, you would undergo a 2 week training period before being assigned a team in either Backend, Web or App development. Applications close on the 16th December 2024 and we will interview through assessment centres (details below) in January 2025, with targeted start dates in February 2025.  

At Trainline, our Engineering teams work collaboratively to build a world-class travel platform that millions rely on daily. Our teams are focused on creating the "travel companion in your pocket," building functionalities that support smart travel decisions, with each squad aligning their roadmaps to company-wide Strategic Themes. Each of our 40+ engineering teams power core features like journey search, bookings, payments, and real-time travel updates, connecting our platform to hundreds of operators, and millions of users worldwide. Our teams are dynamic, ambitious and fast moving; managing their roadmaps to deliver high-quality features using state-of-the-art tooling.  

As a Junior Engineer, you'll contribute to delivering new functionalities, ensuring quality, and continuously improving the codebase, keeping the customer experience front and centre. 

We'd love to hear from you if you... 🔎 

• Are early in your career; whether just starting or already possessing a couple of years of experience – we're excited to support your growth! 
• Have foundational knowledge of at least one programming language 
• Thrive in a diverse, open, and collaborative environment 
• Are proactive, focused, supportive, honest, and a team player 
• Have a passion to learn new skills and technologies  
• Have an appreciation of version control systems 
• Understand Agile/Scrum methodology 

Bonus points if you... ⭐️ 

• Have experience with some of the core programming languages we use such as C# .NET, React, Typescript, Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS), Ruby. Check out our full tech stack here.  
• Have working knowledge of Git 
• Have experience with Unit Testing 
• Have understanding or experience working with AWS or similar cloud technologies 

The interview process... 🚉  

1. Application 
2. Recruiter Call (15 minutes) 
3. Assessment centre - Intro to Trainline, whiteboarding, 1-1 conversation, group exercise (3 hours)
4. Offer

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits.

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe every day, in everything we do:

• 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail
• ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey
• 🤝 ​Travel Together - We're one team
• ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor.