Senior Back-end Engineer (Full-time remote)
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About the Role We’re looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to join our Flights OTA team at Wego. You’ll be part of a core subteam responsible for building our next-generation B2B API platform — powering millions of travelers through OTA and travel partners worldwide. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll architect and deliver high-performance, secure APIs for real-time flight search and booking. You’ll work across product, data, and partner engineering teams to create scalable, resilient services that meet the demands of high-volume, low-latency travel commerce. Your work will span from architecting robust request/response flows and implementing authentication and rate-limiting, to ensuring data consistency, resilience, and observability in a high-volume, low-latency environment. In short, our ideal candidate has a deep empathy for both end users and API consumers, sets and upholds high standards for exceptional API documentation, and operates with decisive ownership and high agency. Key Responsibilities - Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs. - Participate in system architecture discussions to design efficient, maintainable, and future-proof services. - Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to industry best practices and internal standards. - Collaborate with Product, and Data teams to understand requirements and deliver effective technical solutions across the entire customer journey. - Improve code quality by implementing unit tests, automation, and conducting thorough code reviews. - Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability to handle the demands of a global customer base. - Debug and resolve production issues quickly to minimize the impact on users and ensure high availability. - Stay current with emerging technologies and propose innovative solutions to enhance systems and processes. - Create and maintain documentation such as RFCs to improve communication across the organization.
Kỹ năng và kinh nghiệm tối thiểu
- 7+ years of experience in backend software engineering, including hands-on coding and system design. - Proficiency in AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, or similar. - Proficiency in Java and another similar backend programming language. - Fluent English - Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). - Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and database optimization techniques. - Familiarity with caching technologies (e.g., Redis, Memcached) to optimize system performance. - Strong understanding of system architecture, scalability, and reliability best practices. - Experience with CI/CD practices and automated pipelines. - Solid troubleshooting and debugging skills for production systems. - Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
Tại sao ứng viên nên làm ở đây
- Competitive salary - Computer equipment for work (Macbook pro) - 22 annual leaves - Remote working - Work with experienced & strong technical veterans - 500USD travel voucher on Wego - 100USD health benefits (e.g gym membership, supplements, etc.) - Annual bonus if the company hits target - Yearly review - Career growth opportunities - Remote working
Ưu tiên có kỹ năng và kinh nghiệm
- Experience with Go is a plus - Maintain rigorous standards for both personal and team performance, encompassing engineering and communication disciplines. - Proactively identify areas for enhancement across all operational domains. - Possess advanced proficiency in both written and spoken English to facilitate effective collaboration with international teams and departments. - Effectively manage complex and extensive project scopes, focusing on comprehensive product delivery rather than isolated feature implementation. - Demonstrate robust ownership of product development and issue resolution, coupled with the ability to self-resolve obstacles through proactive communication.
Báo cáo cho
Flights OTA Lead
Quá trình phỏng vấn
Round 1: Technical Test > Round 2: 2-hour technical interview > Round 3: Culture fit with CTO
