Senior Software Engineer, Checkout (Backend Focused)
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Job Location:
Zürich - Switzerland
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Change the way the world travels
Join the GetYourGuide journey to connect people with unforgettable travel experiences around the world. Millions look to us for unique activities they can trust and its all powered by our commitment to make every single journey extraordinary - including to unlock your potential with a community of fellow explorers Find your next role at our Berlin HQ or one of our local offices around the globe from New York to Bangkok. Head to take the first step.
Team mission
The Checkout team is responsible for the checkout flow across our website and apps. Our mission is to deliver a seamless fast and secure path from activity selection to payment helping travelers shortlist book and maximize value through low-friction checkout and easy-to-use accounts - driving conversion competitiveness and sustainable customer growth for both new and returning travelers. The team is also driving a major modernization of our tech stack with a focus on high-quality AI-first development and scalability.
Your mission
- Design and develop scalable and secure systems that power the checkout flow and the login experience with the primary focus on backend systems but including frontend work as needed
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand customer needs propose technical solutions and deliver working software that solves customer problems and drives measurable impact
- Help evolve AI-first development in the team shaping best practices and foundations that enhance quality and productivity.
- Continuously improve our systems by systematically removing tech debt and creating simple scalable and maintainable solutions
- Take an active role in operational work advancing how we run our services
- Work in a cross-functional mission team alongside product managers designers and data analysts
- Mentor engineers contribute to team culture and help teammates do their best work through feedback and knowledge-sharing.
Your toolkit
- 5 years of software development experience
- Proficiency in Java/Spring and the ability to build features end-to-end
- Ability to contribute to the frontend codebase and ship customer-facing changes
- A strong background in designing and implementing scalable service-oriented architectures and a good understanding of design patterns
- Experience building and running production services in cloud environments and with modern observability tools
- Excited to leverage and experiment with AI; able to judge and improve the quality of AI-generated code
- A positive team-oriented mindset and a passion for taking initiative mentoring and sharing knowledge
- A passion for delivering clean code and continuously learning about new tools languages and practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Extras that give you an edge
- Experience working in (or closely with) e-commerce or marketplaces
- Experience with A/B testing
- Experience helping teams adopt AI-assisted development practices
How well make your career journey extraordinary
- Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
- Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
- A hybrid working approach with three days of in office collaboration (Mon Tue Thur) and two days of optional at home focus time.
- Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
- Monthly transportation and fitness budget
- Discounts for you your friends and family on GetYourGuide activities
- Language reimbursement program
- Health and wellness benefits
And more
How to apply
Submit your CV/resume in English using the form below. For tips and insights into our hiring process and culture check out how we hire for tips and visibility into our process and check out life at GetYourGuide. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us via
We are an equal opportunities employer
Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to their skills regardless of age gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability status or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
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