Staff Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the integrations and provide technical guidance for Voyagu's air travel platform.

• Lead one of the five development streams for the platform and report directly to the CTO.

• Collaborate directly with the founder and business stakeholders, without the involvement of a product-manager layer.

• Develop integrations with GDS systems.

• Connect direct airline APIs and non-GDS protocols from various sources.

• Manage post-sale services, including modifications, cancellations, refunds, and handling split group bookings.

• Work with live, real-time availability.

• Design dependable systems using methodologies such as idempotency to avoid duplicate purchases or payments.

• Ensure solutions are appropriately scaled for Voyagu's needs while maintaining system stability.

• Define and advocate for the technical vision with stakeholders.

• Convert platform capabilities into features and offer estimates.

• Build and lead teams of AI coding agents instead of writing code manually.

• Articulate and justify effective AI utilization.

• Onboard and supervise the two individuals already engaged in this area.

• Hire minimally, considering recruitment as a last option.

• Complete a three-stage application process: an engineering interview with the CTO, a travel-domain interview with the founder, and a practical case presentation with defense.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately two or more years of experience in the travel sector, particularly in integrations with supply systems.

• Comprehension of the differences between bookings and tickets, as well as their respective statuses and states.

• Experience in owning a significant portion of a product.

• Staff or senior-level experience as an architect and technical leader.

• Familiarity with Voyagu's business and the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders.

• Advanced proficiency in AI beyond beginner level, along with a clear understanding of effective AI application.

• A belief in small team dynamics and lean organizational structures.

• Availability to work within a European time zone; ideally based in Europe.

• Proficiency in Russian is essential for engineering tasks.

• English at a B2 level is adequate for business communications.

• Nice to have: experience in both corporate and lean startup/bootstrap scale-up environments.

• Nice to have: experience managing teams of AI agents.

• Nice to have: vendor-side experience in building for end users.

• Python is the primary technology stack; however, language skills are not critical.

• Experience with high-load systems, writing agent skills, and extensive C#/legacy aviation knowledge are not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work opportunity within Europe.

• Flexible contract options: contractor, payroll provider, or direct employment.

• Flexible working hours.

• Minimal meetings.

• Voyagu will make substantial investments in tokens and computing resources where it is beneficial.

• Opportunity to introduce and share AI practices.

• Negotiable equity for an outstanding candidate.