Senior Backend Software Engineer, Exoticca

• We are looking for a Senior Back-end Software Engineer who is first and foremost a problem solver. Someone who uses engineering as a toolbox to solve real customer and business problems
• Strong problem-solving mindset — you enjoy ambiguous problems and figuring out the best path forward
• Highly effective use of AI in daily work (coding, debugging, designing, analyzing, automating)
• Product-oriented thinking: you care about why you’re building something, not just how
• Comfort working across multiple technologies and learning new ones as needed
• Solid knowledge of RESTful API design, development, and integration best practices
• Experience working with event-driven architectures (EDA) and message-based communication between services
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and clean architecture principles
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and version control best practices using Git (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Strong emphasis on testing (unit, integration) and commitment to code quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Familiarity with observability practices — including logging, monitoring, and tracing — to ensure visibility and reliability across distributed services
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively within cross-functional teams

Desirable

• This role sits within our Trip Management System domain, the team that empowers our travel specialists to design extraordinary journeys at scale
• We build the systems that transform destinations, itineraries, flights, hotels and pricing strategies into structured, sellable travel products
• By enabling seamless product configuration and ensuring accuracy, flexibility, and scalability, we directly impact revenue, operational excellence, and the quality of the experiences we bring to our customers
• Technology choices matter, but impact matters more. You’ll work across PHP, Node.js and modern AI tooling, choosing the right approach for each problem rather than being constrained by a single stack
• Build and evolve the systems that enable travel specialists to design, configure, and launch complex travel products at scale
• Transform destinations, itineraries, flights, hotels and services into structured, reliable, and sellable products
• Ensure flexibility and accuracy in product configuration while maintaining operational efficiency and long-term scalability
• Develop and improve capabilities that support smart departures, pricing strategies, booking breakdowns, payments, refunds, and wallet flows
• Safeguard financial correctness across the full product lifecycle, from configuration to checkout and post-booking operations
• Design systems that directly impact revenue performance and margin optimization
• Build internal platforms and tools that empower Product, Finance, and Operations teams to work autonomously and efficiently
• Increase reliability and reduce manual intervention in calendar management, flight configuration, and payment-related processes
• Continuously improve system robustness, reducing operational risk and scaling complexity without increasing overhead
• Work closely with the whole team to refine problems before writing code
• Use data to validate assumptions, measure business impact, and continuously improve solutions
• Actively participate in shaping product decisions, not just implementing tickets