Job Description

StudentUniverse, is a Boston-based travel tech company that operates the world’s largest student and youth online travel marketplace. We are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our small, but passionate team that is responsible for building and maintaining applications that enable hundreds of thousands of students to travel the world.
StudentUniverse’s parent company, Flight Centre Travel Group is based in Brisbane, Australia and is one of the world’s largest travel agency groups with company owned operations in 23 countries and a corporate travel management network that spans more than 90 countries.
Our product & vision
StudentUniverse was born out of the desire to empower students and youth to travel more by accessing uniquely priced airfares, without the hassle of physical ID cards. We are believers in travel experiences; that they can teach students things they cannot learn in the classroom. Travel better prepares young people to influence the world. We empower students and youth to travel more. We need your help to get us there!
Who we are looking for
We’re looking for a talented Full Stack Software Engineer to join our data-driven Engineering team.
You must be an optimistic problem solver and enjoy collaborating with team mates to design, build and iterate on software to meet clearly defined company objectives. You’ll need to feel at home in the fast-paced world of travel tech, be comfortable in communicating in an unambiguous way and enjoy rolling up your sleeves and getting into the detail.
Sound like a good fit for you?
What’s in it for you:
You get to work in a dynamic environment full of super passionate and talented people where capabilities are enabled quickly at scale across the globe for travellers.
You will grow and further develop your competencies working in a team-oriented results-driven environment where learning and collaboration is celebrated.
We value and encourage autonomy for everyone, allowing you to make your own decisions and learn from the data.  The success of the team is dependent upon the success of the individual.
Your responsibilities:
Determining feasibility of proposed solutions by evaluating problems, specifications and discussing with stakeholders
Demonstrating proposed software solutions by providing and presenting documentation, code comments, diagrams, and charts to the Product Management & Engineering team
Working with cross-functional departments like Product Management, Data & Analytics etc to define and build the right solution based on the customer problem
Implementing agreed upon solutions within the accepted software architecture and using agreed up coding standards
Assisting in the debugging and bug squashing of both customer and internal facing software applications
Continuously approaching problems and opportunities with an optimistic and open-minded view.
Must have skills:
A bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or another related field
2+ years of software engineering or software development experience, preferably in a related field
Experience with:  HTML, CSS, JQuery, AngularJS, Git, WebServices with XML and JSON, PostgreSQL
Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
Fun, curious, and team player
As a travel company, we embrace being global and would love to hear from anyone who wants to work from any one of our offices in Boston, Toronto or London.
Benefits Include:
Generous remuneration structure
Travel perks/discounts, in-house financial and health services
Generous paid-time off policy 
National/International Award Nights and Conferences
Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
Benefits including vision, medical, and dental
Employee Assistance Program
Contributory RRSP/RPP matching scheme 
Company Share purchase scheme
Global career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses
Ongoing training and professional development
Fun and flexible work environment
Proud Corporate Social Responsibility platform through the Flight Centre Foundation and Brighter Futures program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, Volunteering and Fundraising.
Employee giving program
Annual Charity Trip
Office Environmental Program
1 Volunteer Day per Calendar Year
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for and you would like to be part of our award-winning culture then APPLY NOW.
Travel is booming once again, and our roles are being filled quicker than a nonstop from London to New York.  We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.