Senior Backend Engineer

Join Our Team as a Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. This is a remote position based in Spain, offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere within the country. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in the development and enhancement of our platform, which supports the pre-departure management of multi-day, group tours for travel businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Lifecycle Management: Participate actively in the overall application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging.
• Microservices Architecture: Work with cutting-edge technologies and libraries on a microservice-based architecture.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Code Quality: Write clean, scalable, and efficient code. Build prototypes, solve issues, and manage bottlenecks.
• Testing: Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met and allow for regression testing.

Preferred Experience

• Project Management: Experience managing large projects and system design.
• Software Design: Demonstrable object-oriented software design and development experience for distributed infrastructure systems.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in one or more server-side programming languages, preferably Ruby.
• Database Management: Experience with both relational (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and non-relational (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases.
• Message Brokers: Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or SQS.
• Computer Science Fundamentals: Deep knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Cloud and Microservices: Experience in defining solutions and designing containerized applications (Kubernetes) on Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP).

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary: Attractive compensation package.
• Flexible Time Off: Unlimited Paid Time Off to ensure work-life balance.
• Travel Opportunities: A'Dam Program for you to visit us in Amsterdam for 2-4 weeks every year.
• Team Events: Participate in fantastic #wegather events, including team and department retreats.
• Latest Technology: Access to the latest tech you need to be successful in your role.

Our Values

At WeTravel, we uphold four core values:

• Be the Solution: Take ownership and drive collaboration.
• Be Resourceful: Strive for new wins every day.
• Be Honest: Default to transparency.
• Be Respectful: Treat others like you want to be treated.

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply. We believe that a diverse workforce is a highly productive one, and we welcome applications from all groups, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, veteran status, and sexual orientation.

How to Apply

If you are excited about this opportunity and meet the requirements, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and contribute to the success of WeTravel.

This position is a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned backend engineer looking to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing company. If you are passionate about technology and eager to work in a collaborative environment, apply today!