Hotel Trader
Overview
Senior Backend Engineer (Java / Microservices) Location: Remote (Work from Home) We're hiring an experienced backend engineer (4-10 years) to help build scalable, real-time systems at the core of our global marketplace. Responsibilities Build and scale microservices with low-latency design and high-throughput for real-time hotel search and distribution. Implement custom algorithms and data models to support pricing, availability, and inventory workflows. Own end-to-end modules from design to rollout and collaborate with product/architect teams. Use AI developer tools (Claude, Cursor) and LLMs via prompts, RAG, and agents to accelerate development. Participate in rigorous code reviews and contribute to a CI/CD pipeline that supports frequent, reliable, and automated deployments.
Qualifications
4+ years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate. Strong experience with MySQL, MongoDB, or ScyllaDB. Built distributed, event-driven systems using SQS, Kinesis; solid understanding of fault tolerance, backpressure, and scalability. Familiarity with data consistency models, circuit breakers, internal DSLs, and low-latency API design. Proficient with Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch; have tuned systems for high throughput and sub-50ms latencies. Comfortable working in a remote-first team with a culture of ownership, documentation, and async communication. Passion for clean code, testability, and driving engineering excellence via automation and tooling.
Nice to Have
Hands-on with LLM pipelines or agentic workflows. Exposure to React or full-stack systems. Experience with Spark or Databricks.
Tech Stack
Backend and Infra: Java (Spring Boot), Microservices, AWS ECS, Redis, ScyllaDB, MongoDB, GraphQL, AWS, Lambda, SQS. Data and AI: Databricks, Spark, Kinesis, Claude, Cursor, LangChain. Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch.
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Senior Backend Engineer (Java / Microservices) Location: Remote (Work from Home) We're hiring an experienced backend engineer (4-10 years) to help build scalable, real-time systems at the core of our global marketplace. Responsibilities Build and scale microservices with low-latency design and high-throughput for real-time hotel search and distribution. Implement custom algorithms and data models to support pricing, availability, and inventory workflows. Own end-to-end modules from design to rollout and collaborate with product/architect teams. Use AI developer tools (Claude, Cursor) and LLMs via prompts, RAG, and agents to accelerate development. Participate in rigorous code reviews and contribute to a CI/CD pipeline that supports frequent, reliable, and automated deployments.
Qualifications
4+ years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate. Strong experience with MySQL, MongoDB, or ScyllaDB. Built distributed, event-driven systems using SQS, Kinesis; solid understanding of fault tolerance, backpressure, and scalability. Familiarity with data consistency models, circuit breakers, internal DSLs, and low-latency API design. Proficient with Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch; have tuned systems for high throughput and sub-50ms latencies. Comfortable working in a remote-first team with a culture of ownership, documentation, and async communication. Passion for clean code, testability, and driving engineering excellence via automation and tooling.
Nice to Have
Hands-on with LLM pipelines or agentic workflows. Exposure to React or full-stack systems. Experience with Spark or Databricks.
Tech Stack
Backend and Infra: Java (Spring Boot), Microservices, AWS ECS, Redis, ScyllaDB, MongoDB, GraphQL, AWS, Lambda, SQS. Data and AI: Databricks, Spark, Kinesis, Claude, Cursor, LangChain. Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch.
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