About FareHarbor
At FareHarbor, our mission is to make experiences better for everyone. Founded in 2013 in Hawaii and acquired by Booking Holdings in 2018, FareHarbor creates powerful tools that enable our clients (think boat rentals, museums, food tours, events and more!) to operate and grow.
With over 20,000 clients across 90+ countries—we’re the largest in our industry and shaping the future of travel, together.
Our team is an ‘Ohana of 700+ people around the world. We’re passionate about pioneering an industry, embracing challenges with open arms, and delivering value to the experiences industry.
About the role:
FareHarbor, a Booking Holding Company, is looking for a full time, mid level full-stack engineers to join our product team in Amsterdam. We’re a quickly growing company with a robust product that tens of thousands of people use to run their businesses every day.
- As part of the Core pillar, the Racoons team builds the cross-product backend and fullstack systems that power critical parts of the booking experience, from Waivers and Waitlists to Manifest v2.0, Rental booking, and Multi-tax. You’ll work on experiments, major product features and infrastructure improvements that make bookings more reliable, compliant, and performant for our clients. As an engineer on Racoons you’ll own end-to-end solutions: designing APIs and data models, implementing server-side logic, and collaborating on customer-facing UI where needed. We expect a strong product mindset, excellent engineering craft, and a readiness to work across the stack, balancing correctness, scale and speed while partnering closely with Product, Design and other engineering teams.
What you’ll do here:
- Design and implement complex features in our large scale, highly dynamic web application with a strong focus on reliability, performance, security, and scalability.
- Write code that is clean, secure, well tested and documented and follows industry best practices.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- Work across the stack to develop scalable, performant, well-tested solutions.
- Coach and challenge engineers in adopting proper quality standards, both in coding and way of working.
- Participate in code reviews.
- Write automated tests to ensure that our applications are reliable and scalable.
- Thinking outside the box; you're willing to consider different solutions and methods for reaching your desired outcome.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of software development experience using server side programming languages like Python, frameworks like Django and web technologies like JavaScript/Angular/Vue/HTML/CSS
- Have a good understanding of software design patterns and principles, including SOLID
- Good understanding of system architecture, high-availability systems, and service-based architecture.
- Familiarity with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions
- Experience with working on large-scale production codebases
- Understanding of Agile principles or similar methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to prioritize and organise work to ensure quality standards with minimal supervision.
- Ability to effectively manage against timelines, deadlines, and goals.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to change.
This role is available to candidates located in Europe and willing to relocate to the Netherlands, and requires ability to work in a hybrid setup with in-office presence..
Benefits
- Global leave benefit
- 22 weeks paid parental leave
- 2 weeks paid grandparent leave
- Extended care and bereavement leave
- Life insurance policy
- Pension Plan
- Central Amsterdam Location
- Discount CZ insurance
- Working in a multicultural environment - 45 different nationalities
- Commuting allowance for public transport & subsidized lunch
- Wellness benefits (Headspace subscription & wellness webinars)
- Hybrid friendly
- Work-from-home assistance
- Educational Opportunities
- Social hours & events and team-building
- 26 vacation days per year
At FareHarbor, we believe making experiences better for everyone starts with fostering a workplace where every voice is heard and everyone is empowered to thrive. We’re committed to inclusion, welcoming all qualified job seekers to apply and join our ‘ohana.
FareHarbor is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need adjustments during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
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