Senior Software Engineer, Search Platform (Back-end Focus)

Senior Software Engineer, Search Platform (Back-end Focus)

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on back-end development, you will be instrumental in developing top-tier software products for our travel marketplace. We are in a phase of significant growth, aiming to build world-class travel e-commerce products that will help us scale and serve millions of customers globally. If you are passionate about contributing to a platform used by millions of travelers worldwide, this role is for you.

Team Mission

The Search Platform team at GetYourGuide is dedicated to enabling other product and engineering teams to deliver exceptional search and discovery experiences. We achieve this by providing a platform that offers high-quality and up-to-date information about our inventory through robust and reliable interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a cross-functional environment with engineers, designers, data scientists, and analysts.
• Enable your mission team to iterate quickly and learn about our customers by designing, launching, and iterating on A/B experiments.
• Continuously improve our code base, systems, and processes.
• Design and develop efficient solutions that can scale.
• Mentor other team members and participate in hiring processes.
• Work on the full stack with technologies and frameworks such as Java, Spring Boot, PHP, Vue.js, TypeScript, SASS, Node.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, and Kubernetes.

Who You Are

• You have 5+ years of software development experience, particularly with distributed systems or search engines.
• You are highly proficient in at least one programming language, such as Java or Python.
• You have experience designing and deploying large-scale distributed systems.
• You are skilled in building reliable and observable systems.
• You can turn ideas into fast, reliable, and maintainable code.
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• You are a positive, proactive team player who is passionate about your craft and enjoys mentoring and sharing knowledge.
• You prioritize customer-centric and data-driven decision-making.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Bonus Points

• Experience with search engines like Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Apache Solr, or Apache Lucene.
• Experience with A/B testing, hypothesis building, and event-based analytics.
• Experience with frameworks and toolchains such as Node.js, Vue.js, or similar component-based frontend application frameworks.
• Prior experience in the e-commerce space or start-up environments.

How We Set You Up For Success

• Invest in your development with an annual personal growth budget.
• Become a part of our success with virtual stock options.
• Enjoy flexibility with a hybrid work-from-home and telecommuting policy.
• Save on transportation costs with discounted public transportation tickets.
• Support your loved ones with generous maternity and paternity leave policies.

Join us in our mission to create unforgettable experiences for millions around the world. If you have the skills and passion for joining our team, we invite you to apply by submitting your CV/resume in English. We are an equal opportunity employer and evaluate every qualified person according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.