Backend Engineer

Apply now

Backend Engineer

At Katanox we're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team.

About the job

We are a single platform for travel buyers and accommodation suppliers. Our platform offers two-way connectivity, direct partnership contracting, and a proprietary fintech stack. Yes, we have reinvented how hospitality distribution is done.

If you are up for the next challenge, keep reading. We will be delighted to hear from you!

About the role

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Backend Engineer with some exposure to any JVM language to join our dynamic development team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a solid foundation in programming who is eager to develop their skills in Kotlin and advance their career. The ideal candidate is self-driven, possesses a growth mindset, and is excited about learning and taking on new challenges.

Our team

When you ask around, our team will tell you that we are solving big problems, we help each other, learn continuously and work together to achieve our goals. 

  • We are Agile and follow the LeSS framework. 

  • We develop with Kotlin, React & Typescript.

  • We deploy in AWS with Kubernetes. 

  • We monitor with Datadog.

Day to day accountabilities

You will be expected to:

  • Collaborate with your teammates to design, develop, and maintain high-quality solutions.

  • Collaborate with the Product and Engineering teams in technical investigations.

  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and share learning.

  • Contribute to team meetings, offering insights and suggestions for improvement.

  • Deploy code to production, monitor and solve any problems. In other words, own your code.

About you

  • You have at least 1 year of professional experience with a JVM language, preferably Kotlin or Java.

  • You are able to write well defined unit/integration tests.

  • You have high sense of quality code and community best practices.

  • You understand data structures, algorithms and software design.

  • Fluency in English

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Spring Boot with either Gradle or Maven

  • Knowledge of any database querying tool like Jooq.

  • Experience of working with AWS

  • Worked on B2B marketplace products before

Benefits

  • Culture based on ownership, accountability and autonomy.

  • Ownership in the company (Stock Options Plan).

  • 25 days of holidays and flexibility in deciding when you want to use your bank holidays.

  • Flexible working time.

  • Office in Amsterdam and co-working spaces in London and New York.

*Note to recruiting companies: Acquisition based on this vacancy is not appreciated.

Apply for the job

Do you want to join our team as our new Backend Engineer? Then we'd love to hear about you!

Note to recruiting agencies

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