Hi! 👋 I'm Alex, Engineering Manager for the team Traveler Lifecycle at WeTravel. I joined WeTravel to build a product that streamlines the administrative part of organizers' businesses, giving them focus on what matters, and what many of them enjoy the most - delivering unforgettable experiences to their clients. My team creates an ecosystem of essential tools, and combines them in intuitive workflows that make running and growing complex travel businesses a breeze. ## What’s the role
Many organizers who use WeTravel are small to medium size businesses that start their journey with a lot of passion for the travel itself. Such businesses face a lot of challenges, as they need to learn to operate efficiently, get good at juggling a ton of different pre-trip activities, and, of course, understand how to grow their businesses. Our team helps such organizers tackle the complexities, and growth pains. To facilitate our organizers' growth we build a framework that provides them good visibility, intuitive workflows, and a bunch of (AI powered) automations that make their life easier. You’ll join us to bring this framework to the next level, leading projects, and building systems that will help the organizers focus on the right thing, streamline their daily activities, and grow their businesses. A few upcoming projects that will help us make it happen:
CRM: as we continue building & defining our CRM vision, we will build a set of tools that help organizers collect and convert leads / returning customers in an efficient manner
Organizer dashboard: in this project, we’ll define, and implement dashboard that guides organizers through their important activities, and help them run their businesses in a more effective manner, by utilizing WeTravel platform capabilities to the max
Tasks Management: this project will let organizers focus on creating the best experience for their customers, by making sure everything else runs smoothly in the background. Tasks will enable organizers to never miss an opportunity, or make sure important information is up to date - all through smart workflows & intuitive set-up
Our success in this domain will both make WeTravel an irreplaceable tool for day-to-day operations, as well as will drive the growth of our organizers, by giving them access to data insights, and helping them engage their leads, and past customers effectively. ## What you’ll do day-to-day
Lead and build features end-to-end: from reviewing user interviews and product design, through architection and building systems to deployment and monitoring in production. - Partner closely with our product team to discover user problems and shape their solutions - creating a world class experience for our organizers and travelers. - Write high-quality, maintainable code across both frontend (TypeScript/React) and backend (Ruby on Rails). - Ensure our services are always on by building resilient applications, ensuring they are well monitored and mitigating incidents as an on-call/incident responder. - Mentor teammates and contribute to WeTravel’s engineering practices and excellence. ## How we work
We’re focused on the impact. We don’t subscribe to any one framework or execution ideology, and we adapt based on what’s impactful. - We’re using the latest hardware and constantly on the look out for better tools & ways to work
Stack: We’re using React/ReactNative/TypeScript + Ruby on Rails and Python Microservices on Kubernetes. We also use and love MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, Snowflake and we’re working with the major LLM providers. ## You should apply if you have
Basic qualifications
7+ years of software engineering experience (ideally full-stack) with strong product ownership mindset
Proficiency in building consumer-facing user experiences at scale, and expertise with at least one modern web application framework, ideally React/React Native
Proficiency with building and maintaining component libraries and working with a design system. - Have experience building applications working with distributed systems, microservices and event-driven architecture and demonstrate strong systems thinking and can design for scalability
Have experience with operating applications in production, monitoring, and on-call responsibilities
Have excellent communication skills and experience working in multicultural, distributed teams
Experience using AI assistants like Cursor, Claude Code or GitHub Copilot for code generation and testing
Have experience leading projects and mentoring other engineers
Preferred qualifications:
Experience Ruby-on-Rails and/or any other back-end language. Comfortable with contributing across the full application stack
Recent experience in building AI-enabled or Agentic applications
You might not be the right fit if you
Prefer to work in isolation rather than collaborating closely with product teams
Are uncomfortable with end-to-end responsibility from conception to production monitoring
Don't enjoy learning new technologies or adapting to different tech stacks
Are not interested in understanding user problems and business context
Prefer purely technical roles without product ownership responsibilities
Are uncomfortable with the ambiguity that comes with building new products in a growing team
Benefits
Attractive compensation. - Full-time - Fixed Term Contract (as International Contractor). - Generous "Time to Recharge" policy — enjoy unlimited paid time off to rest, recharge, and show up as your best self. - Amsterdam Program – visit us in Amsterdam (HQ) for 2-4 weeks every year, staying in one of our WeTravel apartments. - Work remotely for a maximum of 4 weeks per calendar year. - Extensive paid family leave. - Three paid volunteer days per year — take time to give back to causes you care about, on us. - 2-week cross-functional onboarding program. - Cutting-edge equipment and tools to set you up for success. Coverage for certain work-from-home (WFH) equipment. - Cambly for colleagues for whom English is not their first language. - Join an international, travel-loving team with a passion for adventure and innovation. Please note:
As a member of our international team, you’ll work full-time under a B2B contractor agreement, with monthly payments in USD. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you're excited about this opportunity and believe you're a good fit, we encourage you to apply and join us in transforming the travel industry!
