Backend Developer

Full Time
Remote
10 months ago

Join us at Ventura TRAVEL – a group of specialized travel brands that unleash the adventurer in every person! As the IT team, our mission is to deliver reliable tech solutions of a great value in a timely manner. 

As our next Backend Developer, you will help us create, improve, maintain and strengthen our backend system and infrastructure, in order to support our vision of promoting sustainable tourism around the world. You will be an active member of a fun cross-functional team, responsible for developing and maintaining features based on our customers needs.

Our team will be happy to welcome you, and your manager, Genesis, will be there with you to ensure a smooth onboarding process in the company.

Note: This is a fully remote position. We have team members in Colombia, Argentina, Norway and Switzerland. Join our international team

Important: The start date is January 1, 2024.

On a daily basis, you will
  • Craft, maintain, and enhance API services with JavaScript/Typescript and NodeJS.
  • Create optimized GraphQL or raw SQL queries to integrate business logic in code.
  • Integrate external APIs to our backend system.
  • Support the infrastructure team to craft and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
  • Collaborate with diverse teams to design robust and reliable tech solutions. 
  • Work with GIT flow to publish your changes according to our Agile project management.
The basics you bring along
  • 2+ years of expertise in crafting server-side applications with Node.js. 
  • 2+ years managing and optimizing SQL databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
  • 1+ year of familiarity with DevOps tools such as Git, Docker and CI/CD pipelines
  • At least 70% in conversational English.
  • Great communication and organization skills
  • Hands on attitude.
  • Great team work skills. 
You can impress us even more with
  • Experience with Cloud platforms (e.g., GCP/AWS), Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • GraphQL.
  • Hasura GraphQL Engine.
  • Nest.js.
What we promise you
  • Freedom to be creative in achieving results.
  • International & friendly working environment.
  • Quarterly Social Days and Team Events.
  • Work out of other offices in the Ventura network around the world.
  • Opportunity to constantly learn and grow.
  • We care about the well-being of employees (regular O3, satisfaction surveys etc.)
  • Yearly 2-week-offsite, if we achieve our goals.
  • Participation in the overall company's profits.
  • Visit our Career Page to get more insights into our office life.

Confidentiality & Diversity 

Applications at Ventura TRAVEL are treated with strict confidentiality. We use a professional HR-Software that only grants access to your applications to HR, the Recruiting Manager, and the interviewers.

It is our commitment that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.