Senior Backend Developer

FindHotel Published: May 20, 2017

Description

As a Senior Backend Developer at FindHotel, you will help to develop and improve our high-performance website FindHotel, scaling up web traffic from 2M+ visitors to 10M+ by the end of the year.

 

What you tell your friends you do

"I am a great backend developer who can make code run safely yet fast as lightning!"

 

What you will really be doing

  • Building a high-performance website, helping scale up web traffic from 2M+ visitors per month to 10M+ by the end of 2017;
  • Developing our own APIs and deploy them as independent services;
  • Integrating our product with internal tools and APIs (e.g. event tracking, A/B testing) built either by us or other squads at FindHotel;
  • Building the right suite of monitoring and alerting system, in order to have both the helicopter view and the magnifying glass at hand whenever needed;
  • Improving the code base, architecture, infrastructure, and overall quality of our product, in order to deliver a great experience to each and every one of our users.

 

How will you be doing this?

  • You are an experienced backend developer in a diverse team of talented experts, and you enjoy working on a product delivering quality code while meeting ambitious deadlines;
  • You choose the right tools for whatever job will be thrown at you. We're always open to re-evaluating choices that were made in the past: there is always a budget for good ideas;
  • You understand speed is a feature: you love benchmarking and experimenting with different technologies to figure out new ways of improving your code over time.

 

What we worked on last quarter

  • Laying the groundwork for a modern adaptive web application, based on React and Redux front-end which communicates with a decoupled Ruby On Rails backend.
  • Created a fast RESTApi, build on AWS Lambda's to serve the results of our machine learning models
  • We built a scalable infrastructure in the cloud, based on AWS, Docker, and Continuous Deployment, that serves on average 11M+ requests per day.

 

What a day in the office might look like

In the morning, after the daily stand-up, you pair program with a fellow developer to improve the performance of an API call which is not as fast as it could be. After lunch, you provide some feedback on the quality of a couple PRs from your teammates. Then you implement a new feature from the backlog or tackle an annoying technical debt issue that you've been keeping an eye on for a while.

 

Why join now?

  • We have successfully built the foundation of a great product, which will evolve in time and compete with the big players of the travel industry. By joining the team now, you will have the chance to have a strong impact on how we grow our tech stacks and the way approach work.
  • We are looking to grow traffic from 2M monthly visitors to 10M+ by the end of 2017. This is the perfect time to become part of the team working on the core behind our product, tackling exciting challenges around scalability and performance.
  • We are a company that is growing fast, hiring talent across many different areas of expertise (development, data science, data analysis, marketing, UX). Each team collaborates with the others on a lot of different tasks, making every day the day when you learn something new.
  • You will have fun writing code for existing and new applications, integrating them with internal and external systems, with room to explore new technologies and architectures!

 

 

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of professional experience in web development, with a strong backend background and solid understanding of the whole life cycle of a web application
  • Professional experience with at least 3 languages out of: Python, Ruby, Scala, Java, C#, Javascript (Node.js), SQL, Go, Elixir
  • Experience with development and integration of databases, REST APIs, third party integrations including testing and deployment
  • Experience running high-traffic websites and laser focus on performance optimisation, scalability, and reliability
  • Experience in shipping code on the cloud
  • Bonus points if you have professional experience with AWS
  • Bonus points if you have professional experience with Docker

What we offer

  • The opportunity to work in a diverse international team within a profitable company with a startup mindset
  • An agile environment where communication and initiative is valued and cherished
  • Many chances to develop yourself, including access to courses and conferences
  • No nonsense! We’re proud of our flat hierarchy and short, democratic decision paths
  • A fun work environment at a great office in the city center of Amsterdam

 

Sound like somewhere you'd thrive? We'd love to hear from you!
Please send us your resume and a short paragraph introducing yourself and why you'd like to be a part of our team!

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