Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Java Backend Engineer to join our San Francisco team. This is a very unique role which combines the small team feeling of a startup, with the perks, opportunity size and impact of a big company. We are building the next big thing, from scratch, as an independent startup but all within the hypergrowth context of the company.

We are looking for an engineer who possesses a passion for pushing web technologies to the limits. This engineer will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our web applications. The backend engineer will work closely with other app development and technical teams and will design and implement backend features and JSON REST APIs using Java, Spring and Hibernate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Designing and implementing APIs and core services in Java using Spring and Hibernate

Developing models and business logic

Building out newly enabled product features

Own features or functional areas. Ensure the quality of the features you built, follow-up on usage/issues post release.

Quickly implement and iterate on new and innovative ideas

Collaborate with product team, designers and other engineers

QUALIFICATIONS

BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field

Excellent in Java (5+ years professional experience)

Experience designing and building REST APIs for single page web or mobile consumer facing applications

Experience with Spring Framework (2+ years).

Experience with Hibernate or similar ORM technologies (2+ years)

Experience with domain object modelling

Experience building Java services for systems at scale

Experience working with Java concurrency

Experience with SQL and relational databases

Worked collaboratively on a software development team

Experience building backend for consumer facing products, e-commerce or financial systems.

Experience working for startups strongly desired

Additional Awesomeness:

Experience with Couchbase, Apache CXF

Experience building travel booking applications