Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Headout as a Software Engineer, Backend and own the development and delivery of key backend modules and new product features. Collaborate with a high-performing team to address complex architectural challenges and design scalable, high-performance services. You will work across a diverse tech stack and contribute to open-source projects. This role offers opportunities for learning, innovation, and growth within a fast-growing, profitable company. You'll have the chance to tackle complex challenges and shape the company's direction. The ideal candidate will possess strong CS fundamentals, experience with server-side technologies, and excellent communication skills.

Requirements

• 1-2 years experience developing server-side technologies using any language or framework
• Strong CS fundamentals, good working knowledge of networks, databases and OOPs concepts
• Excellent communication, people collaboration skills
• Experience working with Spring, Relational Databases, Concurrent Programming, NoSQL flavors, AWS
• Solid understanding of how the web works and its underlying communication protocols

Responsibilities

• Own the development and delivery of key backend modules and new product features, taking full end-to-end accountability
• Collaborate with a high-performing, dynamic team
• Address complex architectural challenges and design scalable, high-performance services that power the Headout ecosystem
• Work across a diverse tech stack, including databases, frameworks, build systems, and infrastructure automation
• Contribute to open-source libraries and components

Preferred Qualifications

• An interest in travel, local experiences & hospitality
• An experience in starting or scaling a successful startup
• Anything out-of-the-box that can surprise us