Junior Web Engineer

About Trainline

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.

• Deliver well‑scoped web development tasks and tickets, using the tools, patterns and guidance provided by your team to create reliable, customer‑focused features.

• Write solid, testable code in JavaScript, HTML, CSS and React, with support from more experienced engineers where needed.

• Contribute to a high‑quality codebase by following team standards, writing appropriate unit tests, and making small improvements as you work.

• Build your understanding of our web technologies, including Type Script, Node, Graph
  
  QL, AWS, and Git Hub Actions, through hands‑on delivery and learning from your team.

• Support the full development lifecycle by contributing to code changes, testing, deployment and monitoring, with guidance from senior engineers.

• Help us learn what works best for customers by contributing to experiments, A/B tests and small product improvements.

• Read and update documentation as you work, helping to keep information clear and useful for the wider team.

• Take an active part in team ceremonies, retros and discussions by sharing ideas, listening to feedback and asking for help early when something is unclear.

• Some hands‑on experience building web applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS, with a willingness to keep developing your skills in modern web development.

• Working knowledge of React & Type Script.

• A understanding of good engineering practices, including writing clean, testable code and using tests to support quality.

• A customer‑focused mindset and an interest in understanding how software changes can improve the experience for people using our products.

• A collaborative approach, with confidence communicating clearly, listening to feedback and contributing to team conversations.

• A proactive learning mindset, including the ability to seek support when needed and follow through on smaller pieces of work.

• An interest in Agile ways of working and an understanding of why teams break work down, ship regularly and learn from outcomes.

• Helpful if you have exposure to technologies such as Node, Graph
  
  QL, AWS, Docker, Terraform or Git Hub Actions, though we do not expect you to have worked with all of them before.

• JavaScript, CSS and HTML

• React and Type Script

• Node and GraphQL

• AWS Cloud

• Docker, Terraform and Git Hub Actions

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare and dental insurance, a generous work‑from‑abroad policy, 2‑for‑1 share purchase plans, an EV scheme, 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. We operate a hybrid model and ask that Train liners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12‑week period, with a 28‑day work‑from‑abroad policy.

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. We are committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.