Junior Software Engineer - Trainee

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world.



We are looking for a Junior Software Engineer to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller's journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you are passionate about building scalable systems, and writing quality code, keep on reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job.

The job in brief:

Job Title - Junior Software Engineer - Trainee

Working model - hybrid from Chiasso

Team - you will join the Core Services team within the Technology department.

Level - Trainee

Location - Chiassio, Switzerland

Contract - Internship - full-time (EUR 36 h/week)

A 6-month internship period, with the possibility of extension

What your impact will be

As a junior software engineer you will be part of the team responsible for multiple horizontal applications and frameworks, that power our entire engineering organization. Some of their realms are: our own Java tech stack framework (based on Spring), event tracking, distributed user session, software change management, applications authorization, rules engines.



Main objectives:

• Understand how our business works and how products add value to our customers.
  
  

• Collaborate to design, write, and test high-quality software by learning a range of best practices like TDD, DDD, Clean Code, and SOLID Principles
  
  

• Develop resilient, secure, and performant applications, able to serve even millions of requests per day
  
  

• Learn to define technical solutions for new features, together with architects, SREs, and senior engineers
  
  

• Embrace our agile mindset, leveraging our CI/CD ecosystem
  
  

• Contribute to the quality of the delivery
  
  

• Start interacting with business and product stakeholders
  
  
  
  

Your expertise:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
  
  

• Diverse technology knowledge and a sense of curiosity to explore new and better ways to solve problems​
  
  

• Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming, Java, Linux/Unix
  
  

• Analytical skills and ability to make decisions based on data
  
  

• Ability to understand the business requirements
  
  

• Positive and collaborative attitude
  
  

• Growth mindset
  
  

• Ability to effectively communicate technical ideas to others.
  
  

• Fluent in English (written and spoken) - our working language
  
  

Please consider that we value your experience and skills, but also your passion to discover, learn and share!

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Spring framework, and the Kotlin language
  
  

• Familiarity with Agile/XP practices (TDD, pair programming, continuous integration and delivery)
  
  

• Knowledgeable and passionate about modern AI trends.
  
  

Follow our technical team!

• Blog: https://technology.lastminute.com/
  
  

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lastminute_tech/
  
  
  
  

How we work together:

- An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities)

- Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays

- Flexible start and end of the working day

How we learn together:

- Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time.

Wish you were here? We do, too!

Selection process steps*:

- HR interview (15 minutes)

- 1st interview (Manager + team member): Behavioral interview

- 2nd interview (Manager + team member): Technical interview

(*Please note the process can slightly vary. The recruiter in charge will share more details when setting up the interview

Our commitment to celebrate diversity and generate belonging

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

Eligibility criteria:

By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorised to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status.