Staff Backend Engineer, Reservations and Additional Products

Responsibilities

• Explore, shape, and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale.
• Lead investments into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and unlock product innovation.
• Develop prototypes to validate ideas while proactively considering long-term implications on technical design and architecture.
• Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development.
• Help define and improve coding standards, development processes and best practices.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role in backend development.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master/PhD’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
• Strong expertise in Java/Kotlin. JavaScript, React is a plus.
• Demonstrated expertise in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures containing mission critical data. Fullstack product experience is a plus.
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions.
• Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
• Mentorship of senior developers.

Compensation

Pay Range: $212,000—$265,000 USD. Role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.