Senior Front End Developer

Backpacker Trail is a travel StartUp from Heidelberg, Germany. Our vision is to revolutionize the travel industry and inspire people to discover the world.

We are one of the top travel StartUps 2021, and we've developed an webapp designed for the post-pandemic period that uses AI to create a travel route tailored to our user's interests. Spring is approaching and the desire to travel is on the rise again - this makes it the right time for our launch in March 2022.

During product development, we could win some of the biggest travel platforms as partners for our product (Skyscanner, Booking.com, Trivago, Hostelworld, Viator, GetYourGuide and many more). Further, we took our website from 0 to 40,000 monthly visitors. Through our social media networks, we achieved a reach of almost 30 million over the past year.

Now we are looking for an experienced Front End Developer to be part of our exciting journey!

Tasks

• Development of highly scalable and "State Of The Art" software components for our B2C solutions with a focus on frontend solutions
• Leading technical role in building our new software architecture
• Technical sparring partner for the developers and close collaboration with our UX/UI experts
• Optimization of software development processes
• Software programming with other developers in a highly skilled team
• Taking over the planning and execution of code reviews
• Supporting the optimization of product development methods (agile methods such as Scrum/Kanban)

Requirements

• University degree in computer science, an equivalent degree or extensive practical experience
• Excellent knowledge of the development of scalable web applications and the structure of "microservice oriented software architectures
• Excellent knowledge and experience in the field of software programming and in the technical environment of web applications
• Profound knowledge and a very good overview of currently used and potential "cutting edge" technologies like Vue3.js and Node.js frameworks
• Very good hands-on experience with React and/or Angular and related development tools
• 3-5 years of experience in JavaScript application development,
• Good experience in web service standards (XML, XSLT, REST API etc.)
• Very good experience with the use of build, development and testing tools (e.g. Selenium, Jenkins Bitbucket, GitHub, Bamboo).
• Expert knowledge in continuous delivery and integration (pipelines) and software containerization platforms ( e.g. Docker).
• Good experience with agile approaches (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban).
• Familiar with SaaS, IaaS and cloud solutions
• Analytical and structured approach
• High degree of personal responsibility and independent working style
• Team player who enjoys sharing knowledge and insights with others
• Strong customer orientation (internal and external customers)
• Excellent communication skills and very good command of English

Benefits

• A cool workplace in Heidelberg and/or remote
• Flat hierarchies and a top motivated & crazy team
• Workation events at the most beautiful places in the world
• BeerPong Challenge & table soccer tournaments Flexible working hours and independent working style
• Experience a young, international Start-up from Germany in Heidelberg
• You have the chance to work with a great & experienced team
• Opportunity to professional development and progress

We're looking forward to receiving your application!