Senior Backend Engineer - Lodging and Cars

About the role

As a senior-level individual contributor, you will navigate a complex microservices environment to deliver reliable booking fulfillment, integrate new lodging and cars partners into our core stack, and optimize system monitoring. This role is designed for a self-directed engineer who excels at system exploration and immediate technical execution within an established, high-growth travel environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodgings, cars and GDS partners while navigating complex communication protocols and distributed data schemas.
• Write clean, performant code in Scala or other JVM languages to maintain, evolve, and uphold rigorous engineering standards for mission-critical lodging services.
• Explore and troubleshoot existing complex codebases to deep-dive into infrastructure and resolve production issues in a distributed system environment.
• Partner with Product Managers and Operations to decompose business requirements into technical tasks and estimate delivery timelines.
• Take full ownership of the development lifecycle for new product features, from initial technical implementation and testing to production deployment.
• Contribute to the design of highly resilient, low-latency services to ensure a seamless booking experience for customers under high load.
• Participate in thorough code reviews and identify opportunities to optimize scalability, performance, and system health.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages, such as Java or Kotlin, with a focus on building scalable, high-throughput services.
• A proven track record of owning the technical implementation, testing, and deployment of features within a microservices architecture.
• Practical experience with distributed systems and service communication methods including gRPC, Pub/Sub, and REST.
• The ability to onboard quickly and handle technical ambiguity by independently exploring and executing technical plans within existing infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills and a "bias for action" to effectively collaborate with cross-functional squads in a remote-first environment.
• A professional curiosity for the travel tech industry and a commercial mindset focused on delivering reliable booking fulfillment.

Qualifications

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.
• Very generous parental leave, much above industry standards.
• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
• Open communication with management and company leadership.
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
• 100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for employees.
• Access to Disability & Life insurance.
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).
• DCA/ FSA and access to 401k plan.

Skills

• Scala or other JVM languages (Java, Kotlin)
• Distributed systems and service communication methods (gRPC, Pub/Sub, REST)
• Microservices architecture
• Code review and optimization
• Remote work experience
• Travel tech industry knowledge

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Carrot Cash travel stipend
• Co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend
• Very generous parental leave
• Entrepreneurial culture
• Open communication with management and company leadership
• Small, dynamic teams
• 100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• Disability & Life insurance
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• DCA/ FSA and access to 401k plan

Pay

• Competitive salary

Schedule

• Remote work