Senior Backend Engineer, WeTravel
Distributed Systems, Ruby
3 days a week in office
Booking & payment platform for travel companies
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Booking & payment platform for travel companies
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower any travel company to provide life-changing experiences.
Role
Who you are
- Experience managing large projects and system design
- Demonstrable object-oriented software design and development experience for distributed infrastructure systems; using one or more of the server-side programming languages, preferably Ruby not necessarily
- Demonstrable experience with relational (e.g MySQL, PostgreSQL) and non-relational (e.g MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases
- Experience with message brokers(e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS)
- Deep knowledge on Computer Science fundamentals, algorithms and data structures
- Experienced in defining solutions and designing containerized applications (Kubernetes) on Cloud (e.g. AWS, GCP) and on micro-services architecture
Desirable
- A strong interest in pursuing a future leadership role as a tech lead
What the job involves
- This position presents the opportunity to work in a business-critical role in a rapidly growing company
- As a senior backend engineer you will be a part of a cross-functional and an agile team of 5-7 people, where you will:
- Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle
- Work with cutting-edge technologies/libraries on a microservice based architecture
- Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
- Write clean and quality code, build prototypes, solve issues, profile and manage bottlenecks
- Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met and allow for regression testing
- Reporting To: Gabriel Lescinkas
Application process
- 1: Applied
- 2: Recruiter Call
- 3: Hiring Manager Interview
- 4: Pair Programming
- 5: System Design Interview
- 6: Hired
Our take
Coined the PayPal for travel, WeTravel is an online payment platform that offers group travel companies with the pre-departure tools to collect payments and plan logistics. With over half a million customers using its platform, and providing payments to thousands of businesses, the company has certainly made its mark as the travel industry continues to bounce back from its pandemic rut.
After a sustained period of strong growth, the company raised substantial funding that will be invested in expanding the business. WeTravel is also looking to uncover further travel fintech solutions for business owners, such as its instant payment feature, which enables businesses to transfer funds to suppliers and employees for immediate cash withdrawal.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2022
$27m
SERIES B
Feb 2018
$2m
SEED
Total funding: $29m
Company benefits
- Unlimited holidays
- Confidential access to a mental health and well being app for all our team
- Paid parental leave
- A'DAM Program - Where ever you work in the world, you will be invited to spend 2-4 weeks in Amsterdam in one of our two amazing apartments next to the city's oldest functional working windmill!
- Fantastic ReTreats - From the magnificent shores of Marmaris in Turkey to the cool and chilled vibes in Colombia, we always try to make our annual company retreat a little bit special
- Flexible, remote working
- Top of the line equipment - starting with a MacBook and the equipment needed to ensure you are set up for success from day one
- English Language app - we use English as our business language and to help everyone feel included we provide weekly business English lessons
- Regular lunches and socials
- Volunteer Days
- Cycle to work scheme - We've partnered with SWAPFIETS, the cycle hire company, to provide access for our Amsterdam staff to one of their amazing bicycle subscriptions
Company values
- There’s a solution for everything: We lead with a solution-first approach to our business. We work by collaborating, empowering ideas, and conversing because we believe there is always a solution
- Resourceful, through and through: While the business has grown and the office has gone from one room to all over the world, we value resourcefulness and we encourage our staff to be creative and think big!
- An honest approach: We want you to be honest, all the time: it’s how we build genuine connections with our team and customers, it’s how we learn and it’s how we grow
- Always be respectful: We believe our team should feel empowered, which is why we create a welcoming and inclusive environment that thrives on each person’s perspectives, ideas and life experiences
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Johannes Koeppel
(CPO)Was CEO of the company from 2016 to 2023. Previously served as Head of Office for the International Committee of the Red Cross and as a Health Economist for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Zaky Prabowo
(COO)Previously co-founded Indorelawan. Served as Director and Special Aide to Senior Minister of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia. Experience as a Business Analyst for McKinsey & Company.
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