Senior Backend Engineer

Are you an incredible backend developer, can work independently and want to be a game-changer in a fast growing startup? WeTravel is the payment platform for travel organizers. WeTravel is built by a passionate and highly diverse team. Combined, we speak 14 languages and have lived in 23 countries. If you like the fintech/travel tech industry and are a proven self-starter, WeTravel might be a great fit for you!

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Designing a scalable and service-oriented architecture with extensible REST APIs that can be consumed by our own platform and partner applications
  • Designing and developing algorithms to make our search process more accurate and faster.
  • Participate in standup, scoping, sprint reviews and planning
  • Design, develop, review, test and deploy code
  • Review and provide feedback on new feature specifications
  • Monitor backend performance and work with systems engineers to speed up backend.
  • Further the product and infrastructure using and learning skills and experience
  • Customize GEMS per our needs

REQUIREMENTS:
  • Hands on experience developing and maintaining software products used in production situations
  • Object oriented software design and development experience using Python, Java, C++,  Ruby and Ruby on Rails (Ruby is a plus). 
  • Must want to work in Ruby
  • Good experience working in Unix environments
  • Experience in web-based applications
  • Experience working with Agile processes within a product development environment
  • Experience shipping high-quality, well-tested applications
  • Excellent English communication skills
  • Test-driven development
  • In-depth knowledge of two or more of: Node.JS, Redis, Mysql, Postgresql, MongoDb, Queue mechanisms, RabbitMQ

LOCATION:
WeTravel has its European development office in Baku, Azerbaijan. We might also consider qualified candidates from the Ukraine. The candidate must be in a European time zone (Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Western Europe).

BENEFITS:

WeTravel pays competitive local salaries, including potential for travel to the US and fantastic off-sites with the entire WeTravel team (see https://www.wetravel.com/stories/company-retreat-bali/)


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