Software Engineer, FareHarbor
Europe
Booking solutions for tour operators
Open for applications
Booking solutions for tour operators
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make experiences better for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 1- Platform Engineering- Backend Engineer
- Proven experience in software development using Python
- Strong knowledge of RESTful API design, implementation, and documentation
- Proven experience in software engineering with a strong focus on platform or infrastructure development
- Strong understanding of system architecture, high-availability systems, and service-based architecture
- Familiarity with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions
- 2- Desk Team - Backend engineer
- Have experience with SQLAlchemy
- Have a good understanding of software design patterns and principles, including SOLID
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively
- General requirements:
- Have 4+ years experience working with large-scale production codebases and mission-critical systems
- Have experience gathering requirements, working with technical specifications, testing, and debugging
- Have experience tackling performance and scalability challenges
- Have strong collaboration and communication skills
- Be eager to learn whatever necessary to tackle problems head-on
- Be passionate about getting things right
- Adaptable, proactive, and willing to own and take responsibility
- Be comfortable with a fast-paced startup environment
- Be open to agile development methodologies
What the job involves
- FareHarbor, a Booking Holding Company, is looking for full time software engineers to join our Engineering teams in Amsterdam, with a focus on solving Product Teams shared challenges, delivering reusable tools/components, and improving the developer productivity
- Design and implement complex new functionality with a strong focus on reliability, performance, security, and scalability
- Write code that is clean, secure, well tested and documented
- Influence technology choices and architecture of newly built components and services
- Produce reusable code components and libraries leveraged in production code
- Function as an ambassador for engineering culture values and advocate the good practices throughout the whole organization
- Coach and challenge engineers in adopting proper quality standards, both in coding and way of working
- Thinking outside the box; you're willing to consider different solutions and methods for reaching your desired outcome
- On the backend, we use Python with strict type checking (mypy), SQLAlchemy for our database layer, and FastAPI to handle HTTP requests. Our systems run on Postgres, and we ensure everything is well-tested with pytest
Our take
Most holidaygoers in the US prefer to book their activities and experiences online - but when it comes to local operators, this isn’t always possible. FareHarbor has been developing software to help digitize the booking process for these smaller businesses, and over a decade, has brought more than 5,000 of them onto the books.
Along the way, FareHarbor also built up some strong momentum in the reservation management and distribution areas of the sector, which drove up the company’s valuation - making it a prime candidate for acquisition. Whilst TripAdvisor reportedly made multiple bids, FareHarbor ultimately went to Booking Holdings, the US’ largest vendor of tour company booking software.
This puts FareHarbor in a strong position. Booking Holdings is acquiring companies at a steep rate (ten in the last ten years), and good ones too - Kayak and Venga number among them. This will help FareHarbor with customer acquisition, and insulate it somewhat from any wobbles in the hospitality sector.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2015
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.2m
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Matt Broten
(Software Engineer)Worked in various Software Engineering roles at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Open Systems International, Instant Automatic, and Artery- which they also co-founded.
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