Senior Backend Engineer

Vio.com believes travel is the one thing that opens minds to new ideas, cultures, and ways of thinking. Our mission is to get every traveler the best accommodation deal, worldwide. From adventure travel and backpacking to honeymoons and family vacations, we genuinely care so that every traveler can make the best-informed accommodation choice at the absolute best conditions for every trip.

We are looking for a Senior+ Backend Engineer to join Vio.com 's Offers team and help us ensure our customers get the best deal everytime.

We are working with a modern stack consisting of Go, Python, Rust, AWS (ElastiCache, StepFunctions, EC2, S3, etc.), Redis, DBT, Snowflake, Terraform, and more. We process large amounts of data daily and integrate with many suppliers. Hence, anything that you will develop and ship on production will have an immediate effect on our users and on our business performance.

We work in a flexible, results-oriented, data-driven and customer-centric team structure, focusing on shipping value in a collaborative fashion, with hopefully just the right amount of bureaucracy. We encourage people from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, and abilities to apply. If this job description resonates with you, we want to hear from you!

What you will do:

• Work in a team to solve challenging problems, and build products to help bring our travelers the best deals available in the market.

•  Identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements regarding performance, reliability, and code quality.

•  Write design documents and participate in architecture meetings with the team, having the goal of future-proofing the team's applications.

•  Knowledge sharing: Mentor and support less experienced engineers.

• Help to improve our infrastructure and scale it to support our growth in a cost-effective way.

• You will report to the Engineering Manager of the squad

Who you are:

• You have at least 7 years of experience in backend development

• You have experience with at least two programming languages such as Go, Rust, Python, Java or Scala, or Ruby. Experience with Golang is a plus, but not a hard requirement.

• You have experience with designing, developing, and shipping highly scalable software

• You have experience working with data products and setting up data pipelines.

• You have experience with distributed systems

• You have experience with AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tools.

• You write tests as part of your coding routine.

• You are familiar with Agile Methodologies.

•  You treat documentation as a first-class citizen.

Why join us now?

• We are one of the fastest-growing accommodation booking platforms in the world today, having grown our bookings 30x between 2017 and 2022, and catering to the needs of over 100 million unique visitors worldwide each year. We do that by harnessing the power of advanced algorithms and an innovative suite of power features and managed to overcome the corona crisis remarkably fast;

• The mobile applications (iOS and Android) we launched in 2023 are already a big success in the US, and we are aiming at 10M global app installs by the end of 2024, as we are beginning to build Vio.com as the brand for value-seeking travellers worldwide;

• We are a passionate and diverse team of tech enthusiasts and creatives with a commitment and focus on the traveler above all else - and it shows in our industry-leading TrustPilot score;

• We place huge importance on rewarding our employees for the value they generate by giving Stock Appreciation Rights to all employees.

Do you want to know if Vio.com is the right place for you? Find out by reading about the attitude that thrives at Vio.com.

What we offer: 

• Plenty of chances to learn and grow within an open, diverse culture which promotes knowledge sharing, trust and transparency;

• A great compensation package, perks and benefits (including significant stock appreciation rights);

• Flexible time off (take as many holidays as you need) and a chance to work remotely;

• You will be part of a highly international team that enjoys working, eating and playing together in one of the best office locations in Amsterdam;

• We value good food and offer catered lunches from various cuisines, great coffee, ice-cream in the fridge and the occasional barbecue in our garden;

• We enjoy getting together to celebrate our wins with company events in Amsterdam and abroad;

• A budget for your dream home office;

• Access to free mental health support via OpenUp.

Please note: Although this role is remote, we are only considering candidates based in GMT +3/-3 timezone to optimize team and work alignment

Blog posts worth reading: 

• Our hiring process

• How we survived the Covid Crises as a Travel Startup 

• Why we offer Share Appreciation Rights 

• Our Rebrand 

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