Senior Backend Engineer / Tech Lead (Java)

Company Description

Omio’s vision is to enable people to travel seamlessly anywhere, anyway. We are bringing all  global transport into a single distribution system and creating end-to-end magical consumer journeys.

With Omio you can compare and book trains, buses, ferries and flights anywhere in Europe, the US, and Canada with one simple search, on mobile, app or desktop. By offering transparent pricing and easy booking, Omio makes travel planning simple, flexible and personal.

Omio is the largest source of inventory, with 1000+ suppliers operating in 39 countries. Our brands also include Rome2Rio for global discovery, while Omio powers ticketing and journeys, which attract 900m+ users every year. Our offices are based in Berlin, Prague, Melbourne, Brazil, Bangalore, and London.  

We are a growing team of more than 400 passionate employees from more than 50 countries who share the same vision: to create a single tool to help send travelers almost anywhere in the world.

The new tech-hub in Bangalore is driving Global Expansion, a charter that unlocks major growth opportunities for Omio and makes travel planning for customers in new geographies simple, flexible and personal.

Job Description

As a Senior Engineer (back-end), you’ll join Omio’s Global Expansion team, playing a key role in building products, platforms and capabilities to integrate with hundreds of transportation providers globally. To realize our vision of distributing world’s travel inventory from our platform, you will innovate for scale and efficiency.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build and scale the provider platform.

• Contribute to architecture and design of the Coverage Platform and related systems.

• Integrate transportation providers and manage existing partnerships.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, build and execute to achieve business goals.

• Mentor junior engineers and help them grow professionally.

• Drive technology adoption, improve development processes and help define product roadmap

Qualifications

Must-haves:

• Engineering degree in computer science or related subjects, with 8 years of experience in the software development space.

• Significant experience in Java and building scalable, high-performance applications.

• Strong background in software design, Continuous Delivery, and cloud infrastructure.

• Familiarity with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Passion for software craftsmanship and agile development.

• Team-player with a focus on mentoring and collaboration.

• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and approaches.

Technology Stack:
Our platform is built on Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Couchbase, BigQuery, Docker, Kubernetes, Graphite, Grafana, Kibana, and GraphQL.
Explore our tech stack: Omio Tech Radar

Additional Information

Learn more about Omio Engineering and our Team:

• https://medium.com/omio-engineering

Here at Omio, we know that no two people are alike, and that’s a great thing. Diversity in culture, thought and background has been key to growing our product beyond borders to reach millions of users from all over the world. That’s why we believe in giving equal opportunity to all, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.

Hiring process and background checks
At Omio, we work in partnership with Giant Screening, once a job offer has been accepted, Giant will be engaged to carry out background screening. Giant will reach out to you via email and occasionally via telephone/text message so that they can gather all relevant information required. Consent will be requested prior to any information being passed to our services company.

What’s in it for you? #LifeatOmio

Omio encourage you to apply even if you’re still developing some of these skills! We value diversity and welcome all applicants regardless of ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.