Remote Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Cars/Agency

Description:

• The Senior Software Engineer, Backend will join the Cars Agency team and be responsible for designing, implementing, deploying, and operating complex backend systems for Car Rentals distribution channels.
• The role involves working on feature development, infrastructure, and collaborating with a diverse group of people.
• Responsibilities include building and maintaining a robust infrastructure supporting millions of bookings, solving technical and software architecture problems, and contributing to a microservice architecture system.
• The ideal candidate should have experience with microservices architecture, API integrations, API design, data-heavy platforms, gRPC/Protobuf, functional programming, Cloud Platforms (preferably GCP), Kubernetes, distributed systems, and backend engineering at scale.
• Other requirements include a focus on quality, cross-functional teamwork, and possibly experience in the travel industry.

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and ability to develop Scala microservices
• Experience in building and managing multiple external API integrations
• Strong ability to design APIs
• Professional experience in developing data-heavy platforms or APIs
• Experience with gRPC/Protobuf
• Knowledge of Cloud Platforms, preferably GCP
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Understanding of distributed systems and architectural decisions affecting performance and maintainability
• Previous experience in backend engineering at scale
• Focus on quality and writing testable code
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Possibly experience in the travel industry

Benefits:

• Competitive salary at a well-funded startup
• Unlimited PTO
• Carrot Cash travel stipend
• Flexdesk All Access Pass & Work-from-home stipend
• Entrepreneurial culture encouraging risk-taking
• Open communication with management and leadership
• Opportunity for massive impact in small, dynamic teams