Sr. Product Engineer (back-end) - Trips Team

Hi! 👋 I'm George, Sr. Director of Engineering at WeTravel.

As a lifelong traveler, I believe travel is a force for good and mutual understanding. I joined WeTravel to empower the people who make it happen. My team builds the foundational technology that allows organizers to turn their vision into a magical reality for their clients.

About WeTravel

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.

What’s the role

Our organizers use WeTravel to win travelers by creating beautiful proposals and frictionless booking pages that help the travelers find the trips of their dreams.

WeTravel Itineraries give organizers the tools to create proposals, detailed itineraries and high-conversion booking experience, while giving them time back to grow and operate their business.

We’re now looking for a highly experienced engineer to join and be part of expanding our product in several areas:

• An integrated planning experience that helps find the right resources and suppliers to create the right package, with the right price for the right travelers.

• AI-enabled tools to imagine and create new trips and itineraries, create world class content and optimize their sales funnel

• Tools & integrations that help organizers publish and promote their content on the most impactful platforms & channels

Our success in this domain will drive the growth of our organizers - by giving them better sales conversion & extending their reach to new customers.

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 back-end code in Ruby on Rails and occasionally front-end code in React/React Native.

• Design reliably, scalable services and systems that anticipate the needs of our customers and future scale of our business.

• 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 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 serving thousands of customers a day

• Have experience with operating production systems, 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 TypeScript and React/ReactNative

• Recent experience in building AI-enabled or Agentic applications

• Experience in building catalog systems and/or content management systems, familiar with building consumer behavior and funnel analytics integrations.

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

Why join us?

• 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 🌊).

Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Generous "Time to Recharge" policy - enjoy unlimited paid time off to rest, recharge, and show up as your best self.

• Work remotely for a maximum of 4 weeks per calendar year.

• 2-week cross-functional onboarding program.

• Annual team off-site (often somewhere sunny 🌊).

• Cycle-to-work scheme (Swapfiets subscription) or commuting reimbursement.

• Tuesday team lunches and after-work social events.

• Beautiful office in central Amsterdam - rooftop garden and right by Rokin metro.

• Extensive paid family leave.

• Three paid volunteer days per year - take time to give back to causes you care about, on us.

• Cutting-edge equipment and tools to set you up for success.

• Join an international, travel-loving team with a passion for adventure and innovation.

Ready to build something meaningful? Apply now.

Equal Opportunities

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!