Senior Backend Developer - Host Experience (all genders)

Munich, Germany

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We’re Holidu – one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide on a mission to make the booking and hosting of homes free of doubt and full of joy. We help thousands of hosts manage more than 50k vacation rentals effortlessly, and guide over 100 million website users each year to find their perfect holiday home. Our team is made up of 650+ colleagues from 60+ nations, united by a passion for technology, a love for travel, and the drive to keep getting better. Together, we’re shaping the future of the holiday rental industry — and we’re just getting started! You want achieve amazing milestones with us? Then pack your bag, hop on board and get ready for take off!

Your future team

Holidu is our software and service solution for vacation rental owners (hosts), property managers, and small agencies to manage and rent out their properties more efficiently.
Your department is an international group of 45, including Developers, Designers, Product Managers and QAs.
You and your teammates will focus on creating a best-in-class tool to help our hosts manage their properties effortlessly. You and your team are responsible for bringing new features to the Holidu Host app, and services, and delivering a great user experience.

Our Tech Stack

Backend written in Java 21+ and Kotlin (with Spring Boot).
Deployed as microservices on AWS-hosted Kubernetes cluster (EKS).
Internal and external web applications written with ReactJS.
Event-driven communication between services through ActiveMQ.
Usage of a diverse set of technologies depending on the use case, such as PostgreSQL, SQS, S3, Redis, ElasticSearch, GraphQL, and many more.
Monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, APM, and CloudWatch.

Your role in this journey

Design, build, evolve, and maintain our backend services, creating a great user experience for our hosts.
Ensure our applications are highly scalable, able to handle tens of thousands of properties and millions of bookings.
Stay up to date on the latest AI technology, effectively utilising it in your day-to-day work.
Work with data persistence - whether in PostgreSQL, Redis, or new state of the art technologies you help us evaluate.
Deploy applications with Jenkins to our AWS Kubernetes cluster.
Monitor systems with Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK, ensuring reliability and quick issue resolution.
Collaborate in a supportive, cross-functional team that values knowledge sharing and improving together.
Apply engineering best practices, and stay curious by experimenting with new technologies.

Your backpack is filled with

Proven track record as a successful software engineer building backend applications.
Experience with Java or Kotlin with Spring
Experience with relational databases and deploying apps in cloud environments. NoSQL experience is a plus.
Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration best practices.
Strong problem-solving skills and a team-oriented mindset.
Curiosity for the business side - you want to understand the “why” behind the features.
A love for coding and building high-quality products that make a difference.
High motivation to learn and experiment with new technologies.

Our adventure includes

Impact: Make a difference for hundreds of thousands of monthly users.
Growth: Take responsibility from day one and develop through regular feedback, workshops, and knowledge exchanges.
Personal Development: Use your learning budget and 2 extra study days for conferences, books, courses, and more.
Community: Engage with international, diverse, yet like-minded colleagues through regular events and 2 office days per week with your team.
Flexibility: Benefit from our hybrid work policy and the chance to work from other local offices for up to 8 weeks a year.
Fitness: Get a premium gym membership at a discounted rate.
Travel: Enjoy 28 vacation days + 13 public holidays in Bavaria and the possibility to take up to 10 unpaid vacation days with special discounts on our Holidu Homes properties.

Need a sneak peek?
Check out the adventure that awaits you on Instagram @lifeatholidu and dive straight into the world of Tech at Holidu for more insights!

Want to travel with us?

Apply online on our careers page! Your first travel contact will be Katharina from HR.

We are committed to diversity in all aspects of our business. We encourage applications from all genders, all corners of the world and all individual backgrounds. You are welcome to submit your application without a photo and without stating your gender, date of birth, marital status, nationality or disability status (if applicable). If you require any special assistance when arranging interviews, office visits or the recruitment process in general, please contact the relevant HR person responsible for this job and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.