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💻 Engineering⏰ Full-time⭐ Senior💰 $157k-194k🇿🇦 South Africa
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Wetravel·1 day ago
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.
Think of the most incredible adventures imaginable: trekking to Machu Picchu, cycling through Tuscany, or going on a safari in Kenya. For years, the small businesses and local experts who run these trips have been stuck using messy spreadsheets, countless emails, and complicated payment methods.
WeTravel is changing that. We build the tools that empower any entrepreneur to launch and grow their own travel business. Our platform makes it simple for organizers to create beautiful trip proposals, securely process payments, and manage their customers, so they can focus on what they do best: creating amazing experiences.
This is one of the last great frontiers of travel to come online, and as the category leader, we are at the forefront of this change. Last year alone, our platform was trusted by 8,000 organizers to lead over a million travelers on adventures in 150+ countries. Now, we’re on an exciting journey to grow from powering $1B to $10B in travel experiences per year.
We believe that every trip, when done right, can be a force for good - and we’re building the engine to make more of that possible.
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) automation that makes their life easier.
You’ll join us to bring this framework to the next level, leading projects (AI, and non-AI), 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. CRM is a great fit for LLM-powered automations, and our plans are vast
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 intelligent AI 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 AI 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.
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 backend (Ruby on Rails), and frontend (TypeScript/React).
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, grow the team's AI capacity, and contribute to WeTravel’s engineering practices and excellence.
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.
Basic qualifications
7+ years of software engineering experience (ideally full-stack)
Strong engineering skills and proven experience in GenAI / LLM applications (i.e. built and launched LLM-enabled products to customers).
Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, or in at least two other languages Python/Go/Java/Kotlin/Node.js or .NET with desire to learn Ruby
Have experience and the desire to build user experiences (e.g. web front-ends)
Have experience building and working with distributed systems, microservices and event-driven architecture and demonstrate strong systems thinking and can design for scalability
Have experience with production systems, monitoring, and on-call responsibilities
Have excellent communication skills and experience working in multicultural, distributed teams
Take a pragmatic approach to using AI tools to improve productivity
Have experience leading projects
Technical Skills
Proficiency with LLM providers and SDKs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta).
Experience with AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.) or custom-built solutions.
Ability to design and implement RAG pipelines end-to-end (ingestion, embeddings, vector stores, search, evaluation).
Knowledge of performance and cost optimization for AI workloads.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization, and CI/CD.
Soft Skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Cross-functional collaboration experience.
Ability to mentor and train others on AI concepts.
Preferred qualifications
Experience Ruby-on-Rails and TypeScript and React/ReactNative
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
Make a real impact: you’ll help build the operating system for the multi-day group travel industry, empowering thousands of organizers and millions of travelers worldwide.
Solve meaningful technical challenges at scale, from designing robust systems to improving real-time user experiences in a complex domain.
Be part of building the best engineering team: you’ll help shape culture, mentor others, and contribute to high standards of excellence and collaboration.
Enjoy flexibility and balance, with competitive compensation, generous PTO, remote-friendly work culture, and annual company offsites (our last one was in Italy 🌊).
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.
Annual team off-site (often somewhere sunny 🌊).
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.
WeTravel is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 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!