Senior Backend Engineer
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Senior Backend Engineer who designs, implements, and extends backend product lines for the aviation travel industry, integrating with airline systems such as Sabre, Amadeus, and Navitaire.
About this role
Senior Backend Engineer
Who we are
Caravelo is an industry leading, norm-shaking travel tech company based in Barcelona with a global reach. We specialize in technology solutions for the aviation industry that improve profitability and the customer experience.
The Caravelo platforms, ALISEO and NINA enable customer-centric products and digital touch-points that have been recognized by the industry as being at the forefront of innovation.
Our global partners include travel companies and airlines such as eDreams, AXA, Finnair, AirAsia, LATAM Airlines and many others.
If you'd like to be part of the future of travel tech, read on.
Who you are
You are an experienced Backend Engineer, who is happy to work independently in a group. You enjoy sharing your expertise with junior team members and have a good sense of humour. Developing new product lines is intriguing to you because you are full of ideas.
This will be your role
- Implement existing product lines and help us develop new ones!
- Integrate our product lines with Airlines' reservation and payment systems (Sabre, Amadeus, Navitaire)
- Develop REST APIs
- Support new business domains and use cases
- Personalise our existing product lines to adapt to our partners needs
- Mostly backend but frontend knowledge will be a plus
Qualifications
Skills & Requirements
- Proficient in object-oriented analysis and design
- Solid Java/JVM or equivalent programming skills (3+ years)
- You’re versatile and enjoy learning new technologies and languages
- You're a team player
- EU passport or a permanent working visa that allows you to legally work in Spain.
Nice to have (but not mandatory)
- Knowledge of Node.js, Groovy, PHP
- Front end programming skills: HTML, CSS & JavaScript - no need to be super proficient, but someone who can also do a little bit of front end will be highly valued!
Additional Information
What you will get from us
- A competitive salary according to your experience
- Benefits paid from the gross salary (Private health insurance, Transport check, Food check, Kindergarten check) and discounted gym membership (Gym4Less)
- Flexible working hours & half/day Fridays
- An office in the heart of Barcelona with great views of the city
- You will be joining a fast-moving and progressive company that prides itself of being at the forefront of software development within the airline industry
- A real chance to grow very rapidly - the team is growing which means that there's plenty of room for personal development
- The possibility to really see an impact and to see how your work affects the end result.
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