At Spotahome we love creating Product and developing
Technology to be closer to our users and provide the best Experience
possible. We are looking for an skilled developer with strong technical
understanding and entrepreneurial mindset who loves solving new and
challenging problems. The ideal developer is used to owning his work and
diving across the different parts of a software solution in order to
delight his customers.
Our product is built on a distributed platform composed of
several microservices, that applies hexagonal architecture and domain
driven design principles, among others. Our backend layer is mainly
developed using modern PHP7.2 and our frontend layer uses NodeJS,
GraphQL and React. Our technological stack also includes services in
Python and Scala. All our platform is orchestrated using Kubernetes and
we apply Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery to ship code
fast to Production several times a day while having all the operations
under control.
You should be able to work on medium-size distributed web
platforms with microservices and different technologies, moving easily
between backend and frontend to create and improve a complete user
experience affecting the full lifecycle of the product you are working
on. You must be able to communicate technical ideas and move seamlessly
from backend to frontend combining different technologies in an agile
environment.
At Spotahome we know that Open Source is key, and
have open sourced some projects and more are in the pipeline to be
shared with the community in the future.
Main responsibilities
Be a problem solver, and able to design and
implement end to end software solutions to help our users have a
seamless experience when searching for new homes and booking the place
they love.
Write reusable and testable code and participate in code reviews.
Develop and maintain great software with emphasis on reliability and quality.
Maintain
up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging
technologies, and software development best practices.
Help to hire more engineers.
Learn fast and teach other engineers.
Main requirements
BS in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent tech/science fields.
Solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design).
Deep understanding and real experience in object-oriented programming.
Relevant work experience in at least one language such as PHP, Java, Python, Scala and NodeJS.
Work experience in modern distributed web platforms.
Excellent communication and analytical skills.
5+ years relevant work experience in software development.
Extra points
Experience in fast-paced startups.
Experience
with modern engineering operations and best practices including version
control, coding standards, code reviews, testing, continuous
integration and continuous delivery.
Experience taking a
leading role in building complex software systems directly exposed to
customers on web and mobile platforms.
Strong systems
engineering and experience working with distributed and enterprise-wide
systems, including AWS and Docker/K8s ecosystem.
Understanding of SOLID principles and software architectural patterns.
Excellence
communication skills, proven ability to express technical ideas to
colleagues, technical teams and senior management to collect product
requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and
product strategy.
Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective software engineers.
Ability to influence other software engineers about best practices.
Be mission-driven, and focus always on the end user.
Participate in open source projects.
Benefits
Competitive compensation package
Company happy Fridays & social events.
Company sponsored tech talks (technology and other relevant professional topics)
People: Work with talented, committed and supportive teammates
Equity and performance bonuses.
International environment more that 25 nationalities
- Budget for training, certifications and teambuilding activities
Flexible work hours
Fitness benefits: Gympass
Excellent Medical insurance. Co-payment.