Software Engineer - Scala (m/f/d)

Start your very own journey – with HolidayCheck!

At HolidayCheck, everything revolves around making vacations better – together. We're not only enabling the best time of the year for our travelers, but also creating an inspiring work atmosphere for our HolidayCheckers in our modern office in Munich or Bottighofen (Switzerland). 

We live our company values every day: as #TeamHolidayCheck, we build trust, take ownership, and love what we do – all for the perfect holiday experience! 

For more than 20 years, HolidayCheck is one of the leading eCommerce companies within tourism. Our vision is to make vacation better. We leverage technology competing in a very challenging environment and with over 600 (micro) services running on a cloud infrastructure, we serve millions of offers coming from billions of combinations every day to customers looking for their dream vacation.
 
We excel with modern software, creative ideas, and agile teams. Teams are empowered to foster their contribution to the bigger goal by choosing the right technology for the right problem. We value on code reviews, pair-programming, self-organization, and flexibility. Collaborating with others is key, as taking decisions as a team is as well.

Your Tasks

• You develop, test and deploy reactive Scala/tapir microservices
• You join one of the travel technology teams and contribute to the core of our platform
• You think in solutions, not problems, and you express your creativity when faced with limits and ambiguity 
• You value on pair programming, code reviews and tests 
• You care about performance

What you bring

• You have at least 4 years of professional experience in developing backend systems and services
• You are fluent in Scala and passionate about functional programming
• You have knowledge in SQL and NoSQL technologies (e.g. MongoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch or Kafka) 
• You know “why” and “how” to write tests
• You always keep the quality aspect in mind 
• You appreciate and provide feedback 
• You want to share your knowledge 
• …and you LOVE your work!

• What the customer sees is mainly based on React and Redux with the help of a Design System and Microfrontends for the web, while we use Swift for iOS and Kotlin for our Android Apps.
• Our backend & (micro-) services are running on Scala, NodeJs, Go, Bash or Python. 
• We like to develop in a test-driven and functional way whenever possible.
• We run things with: GCP, Kubernetes (on GKE), Docker, Ubuntu, Packer, Vault, GCE
• We communicate with: Slack, Zoom, GitHub
• We observe everything with: Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Logs/Trace/Profiler, NewRelic
• We are running mostly on open-source software: MongoDB, ELK, Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Traefik
• … and we're also contributing back to them

• Build the company's web infrastructure platform with a clear commitment to automation,
• Integrate external services into our technology stack and
• Support feature teams throughout the whole product lifecycle, from design, through deployment, operation, and refinement of containerized services.

Our “All Inclusive Package” for you

Workation & Flexibility 

• 20 days of workation within the EU – work where others go on vacation 
• 60/40 hybrid model: two office days for collaboration & team spirit, three days remote
• Flexible working hours – early bird or night owl? We’ve got you covered!

• Extensive internal & external training opportunities 
• Diverse corporate culture with over 30 nationalities 
• From newbie to champion: structured onboarding for a smooth start

• Anniversary perks in the form of extra vacation days or travel subsidies 
• Your choice of hardware – Mac, Windows, or Linux 
• Free parking or public transport subsidy
  Work-Life-Balance & Wellbeing  
• Childcare subsidy for a family-friendly balance 
• Depending on location: EGYM Wellpass / Hansefit membership or gym subsidy 
• Healthy & delicious meals in the cafeteria or from our in-house chef Evelyn