Senior Java Backend Engineer — Scale & Impact

CarTrawler; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Performance-based annual bonus

Fully subsidised VHI health insurance

Pension matching up to 4%

25 days’ annual leave

Monthly Friday Unplugged afternoons

Work abroad up to 20 days a year

On-site canteen KC Peaches

Bike to Work

TaxSaver schemes

Sports & Social Club

Job summary

CarTrawler is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Java) to design and deliver scalable backend services powering our core travel platform. You will lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, and build resilient integrations with partners while driving engineering excellence.

You’ll work in a collaborative team using modern Java technologies, focusing on secure, high-quality software that creates real business value. Join us to shape the future of travel tech.

Qualifications

• 6+ years developing enterprise applications in Java.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate and JPA.
• Proven ability to design and deliver RESTful APIs.
• Strong SQL and relational DB skills, Git and Maven.
• Experience leading design discussions and mentoring engineers.
• Interest in AI-assisted engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve scalable Java services and RESTful APIs for core platform.
• Lead technical design discussions with Architects, PMs and EMs.
• Build resilient integrations with payment providers and partners.
• Promote engineering excellence through code reviews, testing and observability.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical growth across the team.
• Investigate production issues and optimize performance and reliability.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Hibernate & JPA

RESTful APIs

SQL & relational DBs

Git & Maven

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Mentoring

AI-assisted tooling

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

CarTrawler is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Java) to design and deliver scalable backend services powering our core travel platform. You will lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, and build resilient integrations with partners while driving engineering excellence.

You’ll work in a collaborative team using modern Java technologies, focusing on secure, high-quality software that creates real business value. Join us to shape the future of travel tech.