Junior Developer Data Services 2024

Type: Trainee
Region: South East

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

The role

Our Technology Data Services team are looking to welcome a Junior Developer to the team, this fantastic opportunity is perfect for those with a strong passion and desire to break into a technology role and learn to develop, test and support data and automation solutions.

Combining on the job learning with more formalised training structures which leads to industry certification, this role suits someone who can couple their growth mindset and hunger to learn, with their ambition to start a career pathway within technology.

What the Junior Developer will learn to do

• Work on strategic and innovative data and process automation products, within a multi-disciplinary team, delivering critical business outcomes including driving revenue growth and/or ensuring cost efficiencies whilst providing valuable insights to the business and to our customers
• Develop subject matter expertise in data processing tools and techniques and will acquire specialist knowledge of the organisation’s data assets and the context in how they are used
• Apply data engineering standards and tools to support the creation and delivery of modern, efficient and robust data pipelines and data products
• Design, write and iterate code from prototype to production ready. Understand security, accessibility and version control
• Design and build technical solutions for allocated project work, developing reusable components, scripts and frameworks for efficiency

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK10 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, with hybrid working in our Southampton office, including up to two days from home.

About you

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:

• Strong analytical skills and a love of structure and process
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong sense of accountability and initiative to seize learning opportunities
• Can demonstrate a passion for building a career within technology or data services, this may have been through hobbies and interests, education or self-study, personal development or projects

Note about application

Our criteria is deliberately inclusive to a range of backgrounds including those looking to change career, recent graduates etc so this may attract more applicants than usual.

To support us in our shortlisting decisions we are asking that all applicants include a Cover letter to accompany their CV when applying, this should outline your personal motivations, attributes and skills as well as any relevant exposures which make this opportunity a great fit for you.

Benefits

We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

• Hybrid working including up to two days from home.
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• A friendly welcome with help settling in

Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases, we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.