DirecciónWhereTo is a business travel startup from San Francisco that evolved into an agile development and design studio within the Flight Centre family. We build travel solutions used by some of the largest companies on the planet - we have just one goal: making business travel better for everybody. WhereTo provides an AI-powered travel platform for corporate travel. Their platform uses machine learning algorithms to recommend personalized travel options based on a traveler's preferences, company policies, and budget. WhereTo's technology also allows for real-time travel tracking, reporting, and cost analysis, enabling companies to optimize their travel programs and reduce costs. To learn more about WhereTo click HEREAbout The OpportunityWe are looking for a passionate, motivated and skilled Back End Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of the team leading the return to travel and work with some of the largest and most powerful travel programs in the world. We are looking for a self-motivated team player who is also willing to mentor others and contribute to our culture of engineering and operational excellenceKey Responsibilities As a Back-End Engineer with WhereTo, you will be responsible for creating high quality user-focused software while working in a cross-disciplinary fast-moving team. You will partner with product-leaders to shape the future of the platform. You will help define, implement, and reinforce architectural and implementation best practices You will build pipelines that handle billions of transactions per day You will live and breathe asynchronous I/O. Typed JavaScript and horizontal scalability Experience & Qualifications 6+ years of professional software development experience (internships and personal projects not included) 2+ years experience with Node. js Experience with building and architecting high quality software from scratch Strong JavaScript skills (ES6, Babel) – experience with TypeScript and/or FlowType is a bonus Strong understanding of asynchronous I/O Excellent software architecture skills and a passion for maintainable, organized code Experienced with AWS, EC3, S3, RDS, CloudFront/CDNs Expert with Linux, Ubuntu/Debian (Bash scripting a plus) Experience with CI platforms (Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis, etc) Experience with REST-based Web Service API implementation Experience with MySQL/PostgreSQL (or similar) and understanding of how they work internally Experience with Algorithms and Data Structures Experience with NoSQL databases is desirable (i. e MongoDB, Cassandra) Experience with memory cache systems (Redis, Memcached) Experience with other systems programming languages is a bonus (Go, C/C++, Rust, etc), and/or scripting languages (Python) and/or JVM-based languages (Scala, Java, Groovy) Experience with pure functional programming and/or functional programming libraries and concepts is a bonus (Haskell, Scala, F#, Ramda, Lo-Dash FP, etc) Strong experience in designing and implementing highly horizontally-scalable architecture Strong understanding of Git fundamentals Work Perks! - What’s in it for you:FCTG is renowned internationally for having amazing perks and an even better culture. We understand that our people are our most valuable asset. It is the passion and dedication of our teams that keep the company on top of the industry ladder. It’s also why we offer some great employee benefits and perks outside of the norm. Have fun: At the heart of everything we do at Flight Centre is a desire to have fun. Reward & Recognition: Celebrate the success of yourself and others at our regular Buzz Nights and at the annual Global Gathering - You'll have to experience it to believe it! Use your smarts: Our people use their quick thinking, expertise, and tenacity to always figure things out. Love for travel: We were founded by people who wanted to travel and want others to do the same. That passion is something you can’t miss in our people or service. Personal connections: We are a big business founded on personal relationships. A career, not a job: We offer genuine opportunities for people to grow and evolve We back our people all the way: We are strongly committed to supporting every single employee in their professional and personal development. #WTO
