Contract Backend Developer

Our Team

We advocate for travels positive impact on the world guided by an engaging culture rooted in established company values. We empower our people to innovate and grow.

Our differences give us growth. Our diverse workforce originates from more than 50 countries bringing together a depth of perspective and curiosity about the world. We encourage a culture of openness curiosity and flexibilityvital to deepening a shared understanding of our customers and each other.

We have a flexible hybrid model working from our Utrecht HQ and our homes in the Netherlands.

Just as travel is about discovery were searching for the right people to join our team. Are you ready to inspire the world through travel

Were on the search for

A senior backend developer with a commitment to their work and creative ideas that will help to realise our best business ideas and serve our customers in the greatest way possible.

This is an interim position with an expected duration of 6 months at 40 hours per week.

What youll be doing

• Youll join the Backend Developer team reporting to the Head of Development.

• You wont just be writing code youll be building the backbone of unforgettable journeys.

• Your primary focus will be on designing and developing all server-side logic to implement Eurails strategy to become the go-to platform to travel through Europe.

• You will ensure efficiency and responsiveness to requests from the front-end taking into account scalability and peak traffic.

• You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your colleagues into the application so a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary.

This is a hands-on role where your work will directly enhance our digital experiences. As a backend developer youll be at the heart of our most impactful projects helping us deliver seamless innovative and effective solutions. Your contributions will include:

• Crafting robust components that power our eCommerce platform

• Elevating our B2B distribution system to support partners across the globe

• Developing our flagship mobile pass the essential companion for travellers exploring Europe

You and your team will build maintain and support our backend functionalities throughout the product lifecycle including implementing functional enhancements and resolving issues. Your playground will consist of an AWS environment (Elastic Compute Cloud Lambda Kubernetes) with Adobe Experience Manager as the CMS and Commercetools as the eCommerce engine.

You will join forces with our IT team and be part of the cross-functional team including other backend developers agile tester product owner and scrum master. You will work closely with the architect and our support team. All our teams work according to the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) where you get the chance to work alongside other teams like marketing sales finance and CS.

What were looking for in you

Were looking for skilled people who go One Stop Further and have the same mindset as us being forward-thinking results-driven caring and embracing diversity.

Tech Stack & Tools

We work with a modern and evolving tech stack. Experience with:

• Java 17 with proficient knowledge of OOP design patterns and clean reusable testable code

• Spring Framework stack

• Microservices and AWS Serverless architecture

• Containerization/virtualization/orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes

• Cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and cloud engineering principles

• CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation

• Working with non-relational databases (like DynamoDB or at least a theoretical understanding)

Experience & Skills

What were looking for in your experience:

• Minimum 7 years of professional backend development experience.

• Ability to effectively design build scale and maintain backend systems

• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and delivering features end-to-end from design to deployment

• A deep sense of ownership and the ability to write clear production-ready code based on requirements

• Collaborative mindset youre used to working with cross-functional teams turning complex requirements into scalable solutions

• Understanding of security principles (e.g. OWASP) and basic accessibility and compliance standards

• The capability to translate the business requirements into technical tasks.

• Experience with coaching and leading the medior and junior developers.

Were not just looking for skills were also looking for mindset. Wed like to work with someone who:

• Is motivated curious and focused on building things theyre proud of

• Solves problems with creativity and clarity

• Cares about privacy security and building things responsibly

In addition its beneficial if you have

• Knowledge of the SAFe framework

• Familiar with or happy to learn how to use our main back-end system commercetools;

• Familiarity with script languages

• Experience in frontend development.

Curious to apply

Apply directly via our website ( ask you to share your resume in English (our business language) and tell us why youre interested in Eurail and this particular role. It doesnt hurt to be creative; we enjoy seeing your personality shine through.

If we believe you might be a good candidate the next step is a relatively informal interview with some of your potential new team members. For you it is good to understand if Eurail is your ideal workplace and for us it tells us more about the value you would bring.

In the meantime

If youre curious why not check us out on LinkedIn and get a feel for our culture values and place worldwide

Got questions Our People & Culture team would be happy to help just drop us a note at We dont use LinkedIn for messages so this is the best way to reach us!

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