Polarsteps
Travel
SeniorBackendEngineer
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“Senior Backend Engineer at Polarsteps. Skills: Backend systems, Python, Cloud services, Databases. Collaborate with Product Development teams. Lead technical projects”
What You'll Achieve.
improve scalability, reliability, and performance; ensuring seamless support for web and mobile applications; align with quarterly and yearly OKRs
Industry & Context.
Pragmatic problem-solving approach
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years of experience developing complex backend systems for web platforms, proficiency in Python, background in relational databases, messaging queues, Experience using one of the cloud service providers (AWS, Google, Azure), Have built and scaled applications processing thousands of requests per second, Solid understanding of observability and monitoring practices, Solid understanding of the web stack, Pragmatic problem-solving approach
Nice to Have
Proficiency in FastAPI, Experience working with consumer-facing products
What You'll Do.
Collaborate with Product Development teams
Lead technical projects
Develop and maintain main API
Maintain efficient development process
Partner with stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with Product Development teams, PMs, designers, and other engineers; Partner with stakeholders to prioritize tasks; align with quarterly and yearly OKRs; enhance the overall developer experience with the guidance of the Tech Lead and fellow backend engineers
Communication Scope
Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken
Full Job Description
Looking for a new adventure? You’ve come to the right place. We're an Amsterdam-based team of 90+ (and counting) with 25+ nationalities amongst us! A varied bunch of “Citizens of The World” with a wide range of skills and hundreds of thousands of kilometers under our travel belts. And we have something important in common (other than our very well-worn passports): We want to change the way people travel. And that's exactly what we're doing, with the travel app to plan, track, and relive trips in a smart and beautiful way. Polarsteps has over 20 million users already, but, for us, this is just the beginning. We have big plans for the future, and so we need even more talented and enthusiastic people to help us on our journey. Want to know more about us? Here https://careers.polarsteps.com/ you go. YOUR EXPEDITION: BACKEND ENGINEERING AT POLARSTEPS We’re a small team, doing big things. If you haven't seen our app yet, go ahead and check it out, you'll see that we care (a lot) about providing a seamless, top-quality user experience for every one of our travelers. And it is this that has got us ratings of 4.8 and 4.7 on the app stores (where we’ve been featured multiple times). Our constant innovation is done with a clear aim: to turn Polarsteps into the best travel app out there – which is probably why Google created this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYcBqtOwLcg awesome video about us, and we've been featured multiple times in the App Store, as well as in two Apple’s WWDC keynote speeches. We’ve got an impressive past but we’re even more excited for the future, and the impact you can make from day one is huge, with everything you ship affecting millions of users. If you thrive on navigating the complexities of feature development in the multifaceted travel domain and enjoy thinking about the performance and scalability aspects of a platform, you're in for a lot of fun with us! YOUR ITINERARY What your journey at Polarsteps will look like day-to-day: You will: - Colla
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