Lead Booking Systems Engineer

wetravel; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

WeTravel is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager for the Booking Management team. You will lead critical checkout, order management, and tax-related projects, shaping experiences for travelers and organizers worldwide.

You will guide end-to-end delivery, influence product insight, and own system reliability in a fast-growing travel commerce platform. Join a global engineering culture focused on impactful delivery, AI-driven tooling, and modern tech stacks including React/TypeScript, Ruby on

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product engineering experience.
• 4+ years building complex e-commerce, booking, or order management systems.
• Proven track record in high-scale consumer checkout or marketplace teams.
• Strong backend expertise in Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, Python, Go, Java, or Node.js.
• Full-stack capability with React interface for the booking flows you architect.
• Deep expertise in robust, distributed systems, including state machines and event-driven architectures.
• On-call production experience, including post-mortems and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Lead booking projects end-to-end: discovery with Product and Customer teams, solution design, build, rollout, monitoring, and incident response.
• Partner with the Product team to gain insight into organizer and traveler challenges, building booking experiences that convert and delight.
• Own the reliability of our booking and order management systems.
• Contribute to WeTravel's engineering practices and excellence.

Skills

E-commerce architecture

Checkout systems

Order management

Distributed systems

Incident response

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tool adoption

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Kotlin

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

React

TypeScript

MongoDB

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

Kubernetes

Job description

WeTravel is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager for the Booking Management team. You will lead critical checkout, order management, and tax-related projects, shaping experiences for travelers and organizers worldwide.

You will guide end-to-end delivery, influence product insight, and own system reliability in a fast-growing travel commerce platform. Join a global engineering culture focused on impactful delivery, AI-driven tooling, and modern tech stacks including React/TypeScript, Ruby on