Job Url: https://www.remoterocketship.com/company/travelstride/jobs/api-engineering-lead-united-states Job Description: Travelstride Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Travelstride is a comprehensive travel company that allows users to search and compare over 50,000 expert-planned trips from 1,000+ travel brands across various global destinations. It provides detailed itineraries, traveler and expert reviews, and facilitates the booking process for travelers seeking adventures, cultural experiences, and guided tours. Travelstride offers a variety of trip styles, including small group, private guided, custom, and independent vacation packages, catering to different preferences and budgets. It also features a savings program and gift card options for travel enthusiasts. Guided Trips • Meta-search • River cruises • Online travel • reviews 11 - 50 employees 💰 Venture Round on 2021-01 API Engineering Lead 2 days ago 🤠 Texas – Remote ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 🔙 Backend Engineer AWS Django Node.js Ruby Ruby on Rails Apply Now Receive Emails with Similar Jobs Report problem 📋 Description • You'll be an important part of a small team with big ambitions: delivering a delightful and engaging product that makes it possible to seamlessly find and book a traveler's perfect adventurous vacation. • The ideal candidate for this position has experience working with established, medium to large-sized codebases. • You should feel comfortable building new systems, refactoring existing code, writing tests when you spot something that's lacking coverage, and implementing new features quickly. • We are still young, so there's a large opportunity here to steer the direction of the code and the product as it grows. • If you think you're up for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you. 🎯 Requirements • 2-4 years in web development • Obsessed with clean and quality code • Implementing API and integrating with external services • Strong communication skills, positive attitude and empathy • Grasp of the big picture • Loves taking full responsibility and ownership over code/features/project • Passion for excellence • Additional awesomeness (but not required): • DevOps experience • Knowledge of NodeJS and/or Ruby On Rails and/or Django frameworks • AWS Lambda • Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery • Passion for Travel 🏖️ Benefits • Shape the future of a fast-growing startup in an adventurous industry • Competitive base salary • Generous equity • Flexible vacation and an annual stipend for tours and vacation packages • Spend every day with a team of world-class individuals and achieve personal growth with the company • Regular company meals plus quarterly team outings & parties