Senior Software Engineer, Checkout (Backend Focused)

GetYourGuide
Berlin, Germany
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Zürich, Switzerland

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles
Java
A/B testing
Artificial Intelligence
Software Design Patterns
Service-Oriented Architecture
Software Engineering
Backend
Front End Software Development

Job description

The Checkout team is responsible for the checkout flow across our website and apps. Our mission is to deliver a seamless, fast, and secure path from activity selection to payment, helping travelers shortlist, book, and maximize value through low-friction checkout and easy-to-use accounts - driving conversion, competitiveness, and sustainable customer growth for both new and returning travelers. The team is also driving a major modernization of our tech stack, with a focus on high-quality AI-first development and scalability. Your mission

  • Design and develop scalable and secure systems that power the checkout flow and the login experience, with the primary focus on backend systems but including frontend work as needed
  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand customer needs, propose technical solutions, and deliver working software that solves customer problems and drives measurable impact
  • Help evolve AI-first development in the team, shaping best practices and foundations that enhance quality and productivity.
  • Continuously improve our systems by systematically removing tech debt and creating simple, scalable, and maintainable solutions
  • Take an active role in operational work, advancing how we run our services
  • Work in a cross-functional mission team alongside product managers, designers, and data analysts
  • Mentor engineers, contribute to team culture, and help teammates do their best work through feedback and knowledge-sharing.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • Proficiency in Java/Spring and the ability to build features end-to-end
  • Ability to contribute to the frontend codebase and ship customer-facing changes
  • A strong background in designing and implementing scalable service-oriented architectures and a good understanding of design patterns
  • Experience building and running production services in cloud environments and with modern observability tools
  • Excited to leverage and experiment with AI; able to judge and improve the quality of AI-generated code
  • A positive, team-oriented mindset, and a passion for taking initiative, mentoring and sharing knowledge
  • A passion for delivering clean code and continuously learning about new tools, languages, and practices
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Extras that give you an edge

  • Experience working in (or closely with) e-commerce or marketplaces
  • Experience with A/B testing
  • Experience helping teams adopt AI-assisted development practices

Benefits & conditions

  • Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
  • Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
  • A hybrid working approach with three days of in office collaboration (Mon, Tue, Thur) and two days of optional at home focus time.
  • Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
  • Monthly transportation and fitness budget
  • Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
  • Language reimbursement program
  • Health and wellness benefits

And more…

About the company

GetYourGuide is a leading global online marketplace to discover and book experiences worth traveling for. Travelers can use GetYourGuide to find things to do in more than 11,000 cities, including tours from local experts, exclusive access to must-see attractions, as well as immersive bucket-list experiences through its Originals by GetYourGuide offering. Since being founded, the GetYourGuide platform has sold 150 million tickets from 30,000 supply partners who leverage GetYourGuide’s easy-to-use platform to grow their businesses.

If you share our passion and would like to join our team, check out our open positions at careers.getyourguide.com or take a look behind the scenes of GetYourGuide on our blog: inside.getyourguide.com. 

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