Software Engineer | The Points Guy

July 16

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Web Development • Ecommerce • Sales • Communications

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💰 Private Equity Round on 2018-07

Description

• Write excellent code on the platform and services that power Red Ventures’ travel businesses. Look out at the world of flights, hotels, upgrades, loyalty status, stopovers, credit cards, points and miles. Build tools to make it computable and help our customers optimize their travel habits. • Figure out how to best scale, secure, maintain, and extend the platform. • Metrics. Monitoring. Profiling. Analytics. • Collaborate with the product management team and other developers to deliver a quality product that meets business needs. • Work together with QA to squash any bugs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software development experience • AWS experience • Our backend stacks include Typescript/node.js, Java, and AWS Cloud services. Production experience with Typescript, node.js, Java, and/or similar languages and frameworks. • Strong understanding of software design patterns, object oriented programming, functional programming concepts, and software architecture. • Experience designing and building APIs for a variety of clients. • Understanding of how to build and consume REST APIs • Knowledge of databases, data modeling, query optimization, and caching. Postgres experience is a plus • Experience in unit testing • Experience with a CI/CD pipeline • Constant curiosity and a desire to improve yourself and your colleagues • Experience with a variety of API paradigms such as REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Webhooks, Websockets, event-driven architectures. • Experience with Terraform • Familiarity with modern application design, such as serverless, event-based, and functional architectures • Experience building services that support both web and mobile app clients • Experience with agile methodologies • Interest in both frontend and backend development • Familiarity with the travel industry and experience with the points and miles hobby.

Benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision) • Life Insurance • Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts • Paid Time Off • Holiday Pay • 401(k) with match • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program