Remote Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Cars/Agency
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Description:
- The Senior Software Engineer, Backend will join the Cars Agency team to design, implement, deploy, and operate complex backend systems for Car Rentals distribution channels.
- Responsibilities include building and maintaining a robust infrastructure supporting millions of bookings annually, solving technical and software architecture challenges, contributing to a microservices architecture, and collaborating with diverse teams.
- The ideal candidate should have experience with microservices architecture, API integrations, API design, data-heavy platforms, gRPC/Protobuf, functional programming, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and backend engineering at scale.
- Other responsibilities include a focus on quality, cross-functional teamwork, and potentially working in the travel industry.
Requirements:
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and ability to develop Scala microservices (Scala knowledge preferred)
- Experience in building and managing external API integrations
- Strong ability to design APIs
- Professional experience in developing data-heavy platforms or APIs
- Familiarity with gRPC/Protobuf
- Experience in functional programming (Java, Scala, Haskell, F#, etc.)
- Understanding of Cloud Platforms (GCP knowledge preferred)
- Knowledge and experience with Kubernetes
- Understanding of distributed systems and architectural decisions affecting performance and maintainability
- Previous experience in backend engineering delivering user experience at scale
- Focus on quality, writing testable code, and collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Potential experience in the travel industry
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and stock options in a well-funded startup
- Unlimited PTO
- Carrot Cash travel stipend
- Flexport All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend
- Entrepreneurial culture encouraging risk-taking
- Open communication with management and leadership
- Small, dynamic teams for significant impact
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance plans
- Access to a 401K plan
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