Sr. Backend Engineer
Core
Senior Backend Engineer building and maintaining the platform team's backend systems, shared services, and tooling to enable other teams and improve engineering workflow reliability.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (platform)
Builds
production backend systems, shared services, libraries, and APIs
Domain
SaaS / Travel & Experiences
Required skills
Java, system design, API design, database modeling, performance debugging, concurrency, security patching, AI coding tools (Claude Code/Cursor), code review
Preferred skills
Elixir, functional programming, B2B SaaS, frontend (JavaScript/TypeScript/Angular), platform team experience
Technologies
Java, Elixir, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Claude Code, Cursor
Responsibilities
Build and maintain shared backend services and APIs; identify and build automation solutions for engineering workflows; own security fixes and dependency updates; diagnose performance bottlenecks; reason about concurrency and failure modes; contribute to AI-first engineering culture
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
