Collaborate with Product Development teams, PMs, designers, and other engineers to enhance Polarsteps' features and functionalities.
Lead technical projects that improve scalability, reliability, and performance.
Develop and maintain our main API and related services, ensuring seamless support for web and mobile applications used by travelers globally.
Maintain an efficient development process, including timely code reviews, streamlined meetings, and effective asynchronous communication.
Partner with stakeholders to prioritize tasks, align with quarterly and yearly OKRs and enhance the overall developer experience with the guidance of the Tech Lead and fellow backend engineers.

6+ years of experience developing complex backend systems for web platforms, proficiency in Python
Strong background in relational databases (we use PostgreSQL) and messaging queues (e.g., Celery, RabbitMQ)
Experience using one of the cloud service providers (AWS, Google, Azure)
Have built and scaled applications processing thousands of requests per second
Solid understanding of observability and monitoring practices
Solid understanding of the web stack
Pragmatic problem-solving approach, balancing quick solutions with structural changes when necessary.
Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken.
Bonus points for:
Proficiency in FastAPI.
Experience working with consumer-facing products.

A yearly free flight or train to a random location! Give our Teleporter a spin here.
A shiny new MacBook to work your magic on.
Hybrid working, our way. Work from home and the office, we ask everyone to be in the office 2 days a week. It’s how we stay flexible, focused, and meaningfully connected in person.
An extensive home office set-up, everything from noise-canceling headphones to a standing desk.
30 days of vacation (for adventures or sitting on the couch, it's up to you).
Two paid Culture Days for days that are important to you, but not recognized by the official Dutch calendar.
The option to switch up your zoom background by working from another country for up to 8 weeks a year.
A personal development budget for that curious mind of yours!
A pension plan to help you save for those around-the-world retirement trips.
Delicious daily office lunches.
Awesome monthly parties, as well as team trips away.
A lively office in downtown Amsterdam, with travel costs reimbursed.
Free Polarsteps Travel Books to contain all your far-flung adventures.

Senior Backend Engineer

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