Senior Backend Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Jul 01, 2026
This job expires in: 28 days
Job Summary
To support the Lodging and Cars Supply team, the full-time Senior Backend Engineer will navigate a complex microservices environment to deliver reliable booking fulfillment, integrate new partners, and optimize system monitoring while working remotely.
Key responsibilities
- Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodging and car partners, managing complex communication protocols
- Write clean, performant code in Scala or other JVM languages, maintaining rigorous engineering standards for lodging services
- Explore and troubleshoot existing codebases to resolve production issues and ensure a seamless booking experience under high load
Required qualifications
- Strong proficiency in Scala or other JVM languages, with experience in building scalable, high-throughput services
- Proven track record of owning technical implementation, testing, and deployment within a microservices architecture
- Practical experience with distributed systems and service communication methods including gRPC, Pub/Sub, and REST
- Ability to onboard quickly and handle technical ambiguity by independently exploring existing infrastructure
- Professional curiosity for the travel tech industry and a commercial mindset focused on reliable booking fulfillment
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