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Sr. Product Engineer (Backend) - Lifecycle Team
Nairobi
• Kenya
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WeTravel
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Description
Basic qualifications
- 7+ years of software engineering experience (ideally full-stack) with strong product ownership mindset
- Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, or in at least two other languages Python/Go/Java/Kotlin/Node.js or .NET with desire to learn Ruby
- Have experience and the desire to build user experiences (e.g. web front-ends)
- Have experience building and working with distributed systems, microservices and event-driven architecture and demonstrate strong systems thinking and can design for scalability
- Have experience with production systems, monitoring, and on-call responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Lead and build features end-to-end: from reviewing user interviews and product design, through architection and building systems to deployment and monitoring in production.
- Partner closely with our product team to discover user problems and shape their solutions - creating a world class experience for our organizers and travelers.
- Write high-quality, maintainable code across both frontend (TypeScript/React) and backend (Ruby on Rails).
- Ensure our services are always on by building resilient applications, ensuring they are well monitored and mitigating incidents as an on-call/incident responder.
- Mentor teammates and contribute to WeTravel’s engineering practices and excellence.
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