**Company: olive - the ai-powered personalization engine for hotels**
Location: Remote (United States)
Position: Senior Fullstack Engineer (Leaning Backend), Full-time
Website: https://www.olive.travel
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**About Us**
olive is a VC-backed startup building the modern ecommerce stack for the hotel industry. We specialize in developing modern technology solutions that seamlessly integrate into our customers’ hotel websites. We are a team of world class hotel executives, startup operators, and technologists aiming to disrupt the $1.2T global hotel market.
**Position Overview**
We're on the lookout for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to become a pivotal hire within our Engineering team. This role is ideal for someone eager to mold our technology direction, spearhead innovation, and guarantee the delivery of robust, scalable, and efficiently performing solutions. You'll have the opportunity to work on blending impeccable design aesthetics with powerful, data-driven APIs. You'll be an early member of our growing Engineering team and your input will help shape our team culture and build best practices and documentation.
Due to the large amounts of applicants applying, please apply through the google form here in addition toLinkedIn: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuDqNpGa3_Od-OnPyDsT9mpUvErYUPcJxxWdoo7jCNkrCyPQ/viewform
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Lead backend technology efforts with a focus on Python, Django REST Framework, Typescript, React, and PostgreSQL
* Ensure robust integration with both new and legacy systems, including external 3rd-party APIs and data sources
* Work in tandem with cross-disciplinary teams to tailor solutions that meet both customer requirements and business objectives
* Uphold and advocate for high coding standards, best practices, and system security measures
* Ensure product reliability and participate in troubleshooting and debugging live environments when necessary
* Mentor junior team members, promoting a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
* Engage in product and technology strategy discussions, contributing to planning, estimation, and execution phases
**Qualifications:**
* 5+ years of experience in development, with significant expertise in backend technologies and Software Architecture
* Experience interfacing and integrating with 3rd party APIs and SDKs
* Strong knowledge of another cloud service like AWS, Heroku, GCP, or Vercel. Knowledge of SQL required (Postgres, MySQL, etc)
* Proven ability to design scalable, maintainable, and secure application architectures
* Demonstrated skill in navigating complex problem-solving, code optimization, and project management
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
**Why Join Us?**
* Be a key player in a growing startup and make a significant impact on the hospitality technology industry.
* International focus - the hotel industry is international and we'll be expanding outside of the US quickly. You'll get to build an international team, product, and all the exciting challenges that come with that
* Awesome industry to work in. We are building ecommerce tools for the travel space with incredibly beautiful and exotic properties. You will not be building software for dentist back offices
* Strong founder market fit with extensive industry ties. Opportunity to work with a passionate team and evolve with the company
* Competitive salary with equity options. Significant equity upside
* Flexibility and autonomy in your role
* A chance to join a small engineering team and impact how we build out the product and team
* Minimal meetings. We are a remote-first team who tries to collaborate asynchronously whenever possible
Due to the large amounts of applicants applying, please apply through the google form here in addition to LinkedIn: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuDqNpGa3_Od-OnPyDsT9mpUvErYUPcJxxWdoo7jCNkrCyPQ/viewform
Equal Opportunity Employer: olive is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
