Ryanair Labs is hiringFrontend Engineer

Ryanair Labs is the technology brand of Ryanair, a tech start up within an airline and with a state of-the-art digital & IT innovation hub we are creating Europe's Leading Travel Experience for customers.

Portugal is the latest location added to our digital portfolio with a 100% work from home policy. With offices based in Dublin, Madrid, and Wroclaw you will be able to work with teammates in every location.

With big plans to digitally revolutionize the travel industry, Ryanair Labs has embarked on its mission to become the Amazon of Travel with an encompassing Trip's platform.

Ryanair Labs is dedicated to hiring top IT talent, where software developers can have the freedom to work on game changing projects that will have an impact on our business and on more than 150m people a year.

The Team

Our Frontend development team is made up of almost 30 Software Engineer, working across 15 independent teams. These delivery focused project pods work on the Ryanair website, Ryanair Rooms website, and internal applications. Our continuous delivery approach means we follow the Agile Scrum methodology.

The Role

We are looking for senior talented front-end developers to join our digital development team. In this role you will work closely with our development and product team to develop, modify and support our website across all channels and our operational applications. We want someone who is motivated by emerging technologies and has a passion to drive digital transformation. A real desire to work in a collaborative and fast-paced retail environment is essential.

The Stack

Our Tech Stack is based on the latest frontend technologies and frameworks.

We are using the latest version of Angular and a microsites architecture.

All our projects are hosted in the cloud (AWS) using a serverless infrastructure delivered with cloud native pipelines. We are using feature flags to rapidly deliver new functionalities to our users safely.

Your mission with us

• Delivering best-in-class user interfaces across the Ryanair.com platform or other operational apps
• Developing high quality, testable and performance software using agile practices
• Driving best technology and software development practices in the team with passion and enthusiasm
• Assisting analysts and business stakeholders in shaping, estimating and planning new requirements
• Participating in regular showcases of new work to the product owners and business stakeholders
• Striving for continuous improvement within the team

Do you see yourself in the below?

At least 4 years of experience working as a FrontEnd Developer

Proficient on modern frontend technology stack (HTML5, Typescript, CSS)

Comfortable coding custom JavaScript solutions as well as utilising existing frameworks

Expert knowledge of building high performing and available websites and how to apply page performance optimisation techniques

Adept at building and maintaining cross browser/device compatible sites

Exposure or appreciation of agile development practices

Passionate about user experience

Comfortable working and maintaining a CI/CD environment.

Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Excellent understanding of the coding standards required for high volume websites from a security and performance perspective

Experience of working with large e-commerce websites and their underlying databases.

Bonus points AWS knowledge and proficiency

IT Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience

Working on projects that will be seen by the millions of customers across Europe!

100% Remote work from within Portugal.

Staff travel benefits with flight tickets for yourself and family or friends.

Tech Certifications sponsorship.

AWS Trainings.

AWS Enterprise support to all developers for dev questions.

Relocation package.

Visa Sponsorship.

State of the art technologies and architectures.

Regular Social Meetings.