Software Engineer

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.

FareHarbor Core Values:

• Think Client First
• We Are One ‘Ohana
• Be Curious and Learn
• Own It.
• Act With Integrity
• Embrace the Challenge

Why FareHarbor?

Founding FareHarbor required unwavering passion. Turning a start-up into the world’s leading and largest reservation software for tours, activities, and attractions required relentless dedication and vision. To date, we’ve helped over 20,000 global businesses operate successfully and are proud to have played a role in enabling business owners to live their dreams.

And since day one, we’ve known that our real success lies in our people—the Ohana.

With each new feature launched and new client onboarded, there is a team of incredible people behind the scenes who are full of dedication, passion, energy, and the will to succeed. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work—to believe in their abilities, to freely express their creativity, and to contribute with their own uniqueness by wearing their true colors. We take care of one another and always prioritize health and wellbeing. We give our people the space and trust to learn, to try, to succeed, to collaborate, to think outside of the box, to make mistakes, and even to fail. And then we come together to try again.

From the minute you join, you have a voice. You find your space. You make an impact. We celebrate our victories, shout our successes, and are always eager to tackle new challenges. And we can’t wait to see all that’s to come.

We are looking for Engineers to join different teams:

FareHarbor, a Booking Holding Company, is looking for full time software engineers to join our Engineering teams in Amsterdam, with a focus on solving Product Teams shared challenges, delivering reusable tools/components, and improving the developer productivity.

1- Platform Engineering- Backend Engineer

What you’ll do here:

• Design and implement complex new functionality with a strong focus on reliability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Write code that is clean, secure, well tested and documented.
• Influence technology choices and architecture of newly built components and services.
• Produce reusable code components and libraries leveraged in production code.
• Function as an ambassador for engineering culture values and advocate the good practices throughout the whole organization.
• Coach and challenge engineers in adopting proper quality standards, both in coding and way of working
• Thinking outside the box; you're willing to consider different solutions and methods for reaching your desired outcome.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in software development using Python.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design, implementation, and documentation.
• Proven experience in software engineering with a strong focus on platform or infrastructure development.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, high-availability systems, and service-based architecture.
• Familiarity with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions.

2- Desk Team - Backend engineer

Our team is small and agile, functioning almost like a startup within a larger organization. We work with a relatively new codebase and move quickly, taking on a wide range of end-to-end responsibilities. Therefore, each team member must be highly self-driven, proactive, and responsible, with a strong sense of ownership over their work. You’ll find a lot of opportunities to influence team dynamics and processes, making a visible impact on our direction and success.

We’re working with a modern and relatively recently designed tech stack (1 year old). On the backend, we use Python with strict type checking (mypy), SQLAlchemy for our database layer, and FastAPI to handle HTTP requests. Our systems run on Postgres, and we ensure everything is well-tested with pytest. Our API is fully OpenAPI compliant, making it easy to integrate with our frontend, which is built with TypeScript, Vue.js, Vite, and Vitest, alongside Cypress for testing. We embrace SOLID principles and loosely follow DDD. If you’re passionate about modern development with Python, you’ll feel right at home here.

What you’ll do here:

• Design and implement APIs that power our front-end applications.
• Design and implement complex new functionality with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable and documented code that follows industry best practices.
• Write automated tests to ensure that our applications are reliable and scalable.
• Influence technology choices and architecture of newly built components and services.
• Function as an ambassador for engineering culture values and advocate the good practices throughout the whole organization.
• Coach and challenge engineers in adopting proper quality standards, both in coding and way of working (e.g. peer reviews, etc)
• Think outside the box; you're willing to consider different solutions and methods for reaching your desired outcome.

Requirements:

• Have experience with SQLAlchemy
• Have a good understanding of software design patterns and principles, including SOLID
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively

3- Integration Team- Backend engineer

What you’ll do here:

• Strong knowledge of Python and its ecosystem
• Good knowledge of any of modern Python frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• Design, implement and consume APIs that integrate with our partners.
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable and documented code that follows industry best practices.
• Write automated tests to ensure that our applications are reliable and scalable.
• Influence technology choices and architecture of newly built components and services.
• Function as an ambassador for engineering culture values and advocate the good practices throughout the whole organization.
• Coach and challenge engineers in adopting proper quality standards, both in coding and way of working (e.g. peer reviews, etc)
• Think outside the box; you're willing to consider different solutions and methods for reaching your desired outcome.

Requirements:

• Have a good understanding of software design patterns and principles, including SOLID
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design, implementation, and documentation
• Good understanding of system architecture, high-availability systems, and service-based architecture.
• Familiarity with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions

4- Payments & Reporting Team- Backend engineer

What you’ll do here:

• Implement and maintain features that support our payments and reporting logic.
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable and documented code that follows industry best practices.
• Write automated tests to ensure that our applications are reliable and scalable.
• Influence technology choices and architecture of newly built components and services.
• Collaborate with other product team members to gather requirements, refine designs, tackle technical challenges, resolve issues, and launch features
• Think outside the box; you're willing to consider different solutions and methods for reaching your desired outcome.

Requirements:

• Have a good understanding of software design patterns and principles, including SOLID
• Strong knowledge of Python and its ecosystem
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design, implementation, and documentation
• Good understanding of system architecture, high-availability systems, and service-based architecture.
• Familiarity with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions
• Familiarity with web technologies like JavaScript/Angular/Vue/HTML/CSS and willingness to work with it from time to time.

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General requirements:

• Have 4+ years experience working with large-scale production codebases and mission-critical systems.
• Have experience gathering requirements, working with technical specifications, testing, and debugging.
• Have experience tackling performance and scalability challenges.
• Have strong collaboration and communication skills
• Be eager to learn whatever necessary to tackle problems head-on.
• Be passionate about getting things right.
• Adaptable, proactive, and willing to own and take responsibility.
• Be comfortable with a fast-paced startup environment.
• Be open to agile development methodologies.

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

FareHarbor is committed to creating a diverse environment, and we are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. We welcome talent that can offer us new insights and perspectives on challenges that we face, and we take measures to eliminate unconscious bias throughout the interview and hiring process. In tandem, we work to cultivate an inclusive culture in which all of our employees can be their authentic selves.

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