Senior Software Engineer -

Retention & Brand

(Back-end Focus)

About GetYourGuide

GetYourGuide is the globally leading marketplace for unforgettable travel experiences. Travelers use GetYourGuide to discover the best things to do in a destination. Since its founding in 2009, people from all over the world have booked more than 135 million tours, activities, and attraction tickets through GetYourGuide. Powered by a global team of over 800 travel experts and technologists, we are headquartered in Berlin and have 18 local offices around the world. Visit our careers website to learn more.

Team mission

The Retention and Brand team mission is to Build returning customer relationships through Brand engagement and personalized features that provide travelers with unique value and inspiration. We own the homepage of GetYourGuide, the content infrastructure, and a number of features that help in showcasing our brand and engaging our customers. We’re organized in cross-functional mission teams, which are composed of software engineers and mobile engineers, along with product managers, designers, and analysts.

You will:

• Work in a cross-functional mission team with engineers, designers and analysts
• Help to enable your mission team to iterate fast and learn about our customers by designing, launching and iterating on A/B experiments
• Maintain high quality standards and continuously improve our code base, systems and processes
• Design and develop efficient solutions that can continue to scale
• Mentor other team members and be involved with hiring
• Contribute to the team’s roadmap and long term strategy
• Work with Vue.js, TypeScript, SASS, Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Kafka, Kubernetes

Who you are

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Expertise in web application development using component based frameworks
• High proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: TypeScript, Java
• Experience designing architecture and deployment of web applications & services
• Experience with writing tests
• Ability to turn ideas into fast, reliable and maintainable code
• Positive, proactive team player who is passionate about their craft
• Customer-centric prioritization and data-driven decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to others

Bonus points for:

• Knowledge of frameworks and toolchains such as Node.js, Vue.js or similar component based Frontend frameworks and libraries
• Experience with A/B testing, hypothesis building and event-based analytics
• Prior experience working in the e-commerce space
• Prior experience in start-up environments

How we set you up for success:

• Invest in your development with an annual personal growth budget
• Become a part of our success with virtual stock options
• Enjoy flexibility with a hybrid work-from-home and telecommuting policy
• Save on transportation costs with discounted public transportation tickets
• Support your loved ones with generous maternity and paternity leave policies

And more...

We look forward to hearing from you

Unlock your full potential and join our mission to create unforgettable experiences for millions around the world. If you have the skills and passion for joining our team, we invite you to apply by submitting your CV/resume in English through the form below. Check out how we hire for tips and visibility into our process and check out life at GetYourGuide. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via jobs@getyourguide.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer

Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application. i