Software Engineer, Backend

Duffel; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company on a mission to transform the travel industry. As part of a growing team in London, you will design and build a seamless API that simplifies travel distribution and booking. This role offers the chance to tackle significant technical challenges while ensuring a fantastic developer experience. With a focus on personal growth and collaboration, you will thrive in an environment that values your ideas and contributions. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Company Shares

Personal Growth Opportunities

Collaborative Work Environment

Qualifications

• Passion for designing and building APIs with great developer experiences.
• High bar in code quality and opinions on engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a seamless API for travel distribution and booking.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality engineering standards.

Skills

API Design

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Problem Solving

General Engineering Ability

Tools

Elixir

Phoenix

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Create the future of travel with us

Whether it’s to visit the people closest to us, starting an exciting adventure, or a career-defining business trip, travel is an essential part of our lives. Yet we've all experienced the aches and pains of getting to our destination. Today, more than 4 billion airline passengers rely on technology that hasn't kept up with the expectations of the modern connected traveller.

That’s why we’ve started to rebuild the infrastructure that underpins the travel industry. We’re on a mission to unravel travel — simplifying systems and building the tools that will make the future of travel effortless.

We were part of Y Combinator S18's cohort and we are backed by Benchmark, Blossom, Index Ventures, and Kima Ventures. A fantastic set of investors that has helped build some of the world's largest companies.

Our team in London is growing and we’re looking for talented people to join us on our journey.

Engineering at Duffel

We're building tools to simplify travel distribution, search, and booking. What does this actually mean? It's one common and seamless API. This brings huge technical challenges as we need to design and build a beautiful API before integrating with hundreds of airlines. Along with that, we need to navigate through the differing needs and systems of each airline whilst building a fantastic developer experience to go with it.

The tools used on the team include Elixir, Phoenix, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

What we're looking for in you

1. A passion for designing and building fantastic APIs, delivering great developer experiences to go with it.
2. An interest in working with Elixir; previous experience isn't necessary and learning on the job is absolutely fine. What's more important is your general engineering ability rather than your knowledge of a particular language or framework.
3. A high bar in code quality and API design.
4. Opinions on what good engineering standards and processes look like as we define ours at Duffel.
5. Big picture thinking - you can make trade-offs on technical work streams against business impact.
6. Fantastic communication skills. You're able to articulate what you're working on and why to the team in a clear and structured way.
7. You thrive in a collaborative environment. You believe in your own methods but keep an open mind, taking suggestions and feedback on board as well.
8. Bonus if you have experience in travel, flights, hotels, or cars.

What you can expect from us:

We're dedicated to your personal growth. Our environment is comfortable both physically, but also in that our ears are always open to any ideas, concerns, and questions. We believe that everyone should have pride in their work, taking full ownership of it and its impact. That's why everyone who joins Duffel owns a share of the company.

*We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe that the key to our success is employing a diverse team; that's why recruitment decisions are only based on your experience and skills. We value your ability to problem solve and build amazing things, so we welcome applications from everyone – regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.*

Note to recruitment agencies

Duffel does not accept speculative CVs from external parties. Any unsolicited CVs sent to us will be treated as property of Duffel, and any attached terms and conditions associated with these CVs will be null and void.