Top 3 Reasons To Join Us
A multicultural, international working environment
21 days annual leave, 14 days medical leave
Training and travel opportunities to Singapore
The Job
About the role
We are looking for passionate engineers to join the Flights team. This is a team role and you'll be involved in many aspects - helping evolve our existing architecture, working with teams to build robust backend systems, and implementing new features and functionality.
This position is available in a remote work arrangement.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ship and maintain robust and scalable backend services in Java and Ruby.
- Help improve code quality through writing unit tests, automation and performing code reviews.
- Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to technology, algorithms and products.
- Embrace feedback culture to grow together with your team.
- Optimize the performance of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
- Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule.
Your Skills and Experience
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in hands-on coding and system design as a backend software engineer.
- Strong web API knowledge and experience in developing highly available and robust APIs.
- Good Computer Science fundamentals in Algorithms, Data Structures and Operating Systems.
- Deep working knowledge and experience with the Java programming language.
- A good knowledge of programming design patterns.
- Familiarity with both relational and non-relational databases.
- Experience in cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience with build processes, continuous integration and continuous delivery.
- Willing to learn new technologies and programming languages.
- You are an open person who willingly shares your thoughts with your teammates.
- A product-minded engineer who cares about the "Why" - Why build this feature? Why does the team work in this way?
- Fluency in English. At Wego, our team is global, and we have chosen English as our lingua franca to communicate effectively.
It would be great if you have:
- Experience with Ruby and frontend development.
- Experience with container technology (e.g. Docker).
- Experience working in the Travel Tech industry.
- Experience operating production APIs and services.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Working in a respectful culture and supportive working environment.
- Flexible working hours, 21 days annual leave and 14 days sick leave. We actively discourage people from working overtime.
- A brand new M1 Pro Macbook will be provided.
