Software Engineer

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveler’s journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you are passionate about travel and coding, keep reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job.

The job in brief :

• Job Title : Software Engineer
• Working model : remote from Spain
• Team : you will join our Product Engineering team
• Level : Professional
• Location : Madrid, Spain
• Contract : Permanent

What your impact will be

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, write, and test high-quality software using practices like TDD, DDD, Clean Code, or SOLID Principles
• Create resilient, secure, and performant applications able to serve millions of requests per day
• Define the best technical solution and infrastructure for new features together with architects, always focusing on CI / CD
• Be responsible for the quality of the delivery
• Be responsible for the performance, reliability, and scalability
• Use tech expertise to proactively find solutions to complex issues, considering business needs
• Contribute positively to the team’s technical growth by sharing your technical knowledge with peers
• Influence and guide engineers across the product engineering department
• Collaborate effectively with engineers, architects, and stakeholders from multiple teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Software Engineer programming in OO / FP languages, preferably in JVM : Java or Kotlin
• Experience with Clean Code, SOLID principles, and Agile mindset
• Experience with the Spring / SpringBoot ecosystem
• Strong analytical skills and ability to make decisions based on data
• Ability to understand business requirements
• Positive and collaborative attitude
• Growth mindset
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken
• Experience in a startup or product company
• Experience with XP practices
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with Microservices and Kubernetes
• Experience with Messaging Queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka)

Perks of working with us :

How we work together :

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities)
• Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays
• Flexible start and end of the working day, with core hours from 10 : 00 to 4 : 00 pm
• Possibility to work from anywhere for a defined period per year according to local regulations

How we learn together :

• Fri-Yays : half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate for deep work, personal growth, and learning
• Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’Reilly, Udemy, Coursera, and our internal platform offering bespoke training content

Other perks :

• 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes
• Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues
• Travel industry discounts and exclusive staff fares
• Support for employees through significant life moments with leave options in line with local laws

Selection process steps :

• HR interview
• 1st Interview (2 hours) : Manager + Team Member + Pair Programming
• Please note the process can slightly vary. The recruiter in charge will share more details when setting up the interview)

Our commitment to celebrate diversity and generate belonging

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to ensure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

Eligibility criteria :

By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorized to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status.