Ryanair Labs are currently recruiting for a Frontend Developer to join Europe’s Largest Airline Group!

This is a very exciting time to join Ryanair as we look to expand our operation to 800 aircraft and 300 million guests within the next 10 years.

Ryanair Labs is the technology brand of Ryanair. Labs is a state of-the-art digital & IT innovation hub creating Europe’s Leading Travel Experience for our customers.

The Team

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

The Role

We are looking for experienced Frontend 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 and user interfaces across all channels. 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. You will be joining Ryanair at an exciting time with an ambitious roadmap to become digital leaders and pioneers.

Responsibilities

• Delivering best-in-class user interfaces across the Ryanair.com platform
• 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 tea

Requirements

• 5+ years practical experience in fast paced commercial environment
• Proficient in HTML/CSS (preferably with HTML5 and CSS3 experience)
• Professional experience in Angular framework.
• 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
• Comfortable with revision control systems (Mercurial)
• Excellent understanding of the coding standards required for high volume websites from a security and performance perspective
• Experience of working with large ecommerce websites and their underlying databases.
• IT Bachelor’s degree

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid working options
• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 230 destinations
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit – up to 2 times of annual basic salary
• 20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years
• Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
• Unrivalled career progression