Senior Backend Engineer, Node.js

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the backend for a white-label travel platform as it introduces new verticals.

• Design the backend architecture and spearhead integrations for new verticals such as experiences and car rentals.

• Stay actively involved in coding from concept through design, implementation, and practical application.

• Establish technical standards and enhance the foundational elements of the platform.

• Create modular backend architectures for future verticals and client-specific customizations.

• Identify and prioritize fixes for technical debt while consistently delivering new features.

• Integrate third-party travel APIs and payment providers to ensure reliable booking processes.

• Develop reliable schedulers, cron jobs, and workers to accommodate increasing traffic.

• Ensure optimal performance of AWS infrastructure for client launches.

• Make informed backend decisions while collaborating closely with the backend lead and engineering leadership.

• Contribute code from day one while operating with a high degree of autonomy.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4 to 5 years of experience in backend engineering.

• A minimum of 2 years of full-time experience with Node.js and TypeScript in a production environment.

• Candidates with a background in Java or Python are welcome, provided they have full-time Node.js experience.

• Experience in designing REST APIs and relational schemas using PostgreSQL.

• Familiarity with background jobs, schedulers, or workers that integrate with third-party systems.

• Approximately 2 years of practical experience with AWS.

• Proven experience in owning product outcomes beyond just assigned tasks.

• Experience in leading technical decisions for a team, or having the capability to do so.

• Committed to writing code on a daily basis.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, pace, responsibility, and incomplete information.

• Travel experience is beneficial but not essential.

• Experience in a fast-paced product company is likely advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Option for remote work within the EU, or a hybrid model in Barcelona, Palma, Dublin, or Casablanca.

• Authority over technical matters and ownership of backend processes.

• Opportunities for career advancement as the platform and team evolve.

• A stable and collaborative engineering team environment.

• High level of autonomy with a low-process work setting.

• Engage with a global-scale, AI-driven travel infrastructure platform.

• Gain exposure to leading travel, fintech, and technology companies.

• Opportunities for professional growth through diverse client and product challenges.