GetYourGuide is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing and developing scalable and secure systems for the checkout flow and login experience, with a focus on backend systems and frontend work as needed. You'll collaborate with stakeholders to drive measurable impact and help evolve our AI-first development practices.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop scalable and secure systems that power the checkout flow and the login experience, with 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 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.
What We're Looking For
- 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.
- 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.
- Positive, team-oriented mindset, and a passion for taking initiative, mentoring and sharing knowledge.
- Passion for delivering clean code and continuously learning about new tools, languages, and practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Nice to Have
- Experience working in (or closely with) e-commerce or marketplaces.
- Experience with A/B testing.
- Experience helping teams adopt AI-assisted development practices.
Technical Stack
- Java
- Spring
Team & Environment
You will work in a cross-functional mission team alongside product managers, designers, and data analysts.
Benefits & Compensation
- 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.
Work Mode
This role follows a hybrid model, with work from our Berlin HQ, local offices around the globe, from New York to Bangkok.
Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to their skills, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.
