Journey Alerts
11 - 50 employees
🚗 Transport
Transport
Journey Alerts is a service designed to make travel easier and more accessible for everyone by providing real-time alerts and instructions straight to your phone. It is particularly beneficial for those who experience anxiety or challenges with public transport. The service does not require the download of any apps, nor does it engage in data tracking, focusing instead on providing accurate and timely information about public transport options, including trains, buses, trams, and more. Journey Alerts also offers additional support such as vouchers for disruptions and is working on companion devices for those who don't use smartphones. The service aims to democratize public transport by making it more user-friendly and stress-free.
Journey Planning Developer
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🕒 April 1
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Journey Alerts
11 - 50 employees
🚗 Transport
Transport
Journey Alerts is a service designed to make travel easier and more accessible for everyone by providing real-time alerts and instructions straight to your phone. It is particularly beneficial for those who experience anxiety or challenges with public transport. The service does not require the download of any apps, nor does it engage in data tracking, focusing instead on providing accurate and timely information about public transport options, including trains, buses, trams, and more. Journey Alerts also offers additional support such as vouchers for disruptions and is working on companion devices for those who don't use smartphones. The service aims to democratize public transport by making it more user-friendly and stress-free.
📋 Description
• Working closely with the tech director and senior developers to help extend and customise our OpenTripPlanner (OTP) based multi-modal routing platform • Liaising with our product team to identify and specify existing and future functionality for the core routing platform, and liaise with the OTP community to align development with the wider project roadmap • Developing unit and integration tests to and help create complex systems to help validate and improve data and routing quality • Contributing to the clear documentation of new processes and improvements to existing documentation
🎯 Requirements
• Prior experience of working with OpenTripPlanner (OTP) or a similar open/closed-source multi-modal routing engine • Familiarity with data standards such as GTFS, SIRI, NeTEx, TransXchange etc • Solid knowledge of Java (Scala experience also useful) • Experience with source control (Git preferred), continuous integration, and unit/integration testing and issue management software (Jira ideally) • Bash scripting and basic *nix deployment and configuration experience • Experience with ETL / Stream processing (desirable) • Familiarity with both relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL or DynamoDB) (desirable) • Commercial experience with Amazon Web Services (Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis, DynamoDB, S3, EC2, ECS etc) (desirable) • Familiarity with RESTful API design concepts (desirable)
🏖️ Benefits
• Share options scheme for all staff – you will own a meaningful part of the business • Flexible working so that you can plan your workday around your commitments • We invest in your development with both personal professional and vocational development budgets • Generous holiday allowance because we know that downtime feeds creativity and productivity • A real work/life, family friendly balance - we don’t want you working the weekends • No micro-management! • Exposure to many aspects of the business and the opportunity to rapidly grow your career in your own direction • Fab newly fitted out office in the heart of Leamington Spa • Flexible location (office/WFH hybrid) • Free mental health support through Mindful Employer • Cultural and active lifestyle contributions for a healthy mind and body • Sabbatical scheme – just send us a postcard • Regular team socials but no ‘forced fun’
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