Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join lastminute.com's Flight Ancillaries team as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to powering the travel experience for millions. This remote position, based in Spain, offers a permanent contract and a collaborative environment. You will design, develop, and test high-quality software, focusing on performance, scalability, and security. The role requires strong experience in Java or Kotlin, Spring/SpringBoot, and Agile methodologies. Lastminute.com provides a flexible work schedule, professional development opportunities, and various employee benefits.

Requirements

• Strong experience as a Software Engineer programming in OO/FP languages but preferably in JVM: Java or Kotlin
• Previous experience working with Clean code, SOLID principles and Agile mindset
• Previous experience working with the Spring/SpringBoot ecosystem
• Strong analytical skills and ability to make decisions based on data
• Ability to understand the business requirements
• Positive and collaborative attitude
• Growth mindset
• Fluency in English both written and spoken

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and test high-quality software by using a range of practices like TDD, DDD, Clean Code, or SOLID Principles
• Create resilient, secure, and performant applications able to serve millions of requests per day
• Define the best technical solution and infrastructure for new features together with architects, always focusing on CI/CD
• Be responsible for the quality of the delivery
• Be responsible for the performance, reliability, and scalability
• Use tech expertise to proactively find solutions to solve complex issues, understanding and considering the business needs
• Contribute positively to the team´s technical growth, sharing your technical knowledge by interacting with your peers in the day to day activities
• Make real impact Influencing and guiding engineers working in the whole product engineering department
• Collaborate effectively with engineers, architects, and stakeholders from multiple teams to solve complex problems to deliver end-to-end solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous working experience in startup or product company
• Previous experience with XP practices
• Previous working experience with AWS
• Previous working experience with Microservices and Kubernetes
• Previous working experience with Messaging Queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka)

Benefits

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities)
• Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays
• Flexible start and end of the working day, with core hours from 10:00 to 4:00 pm
• Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations
• Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time
• Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content
• 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes
• Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues
• Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares
• We support our employees through life's significant moments with leave options (e.g parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws