Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

<br><strong>AHOY MATE!</strong><p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Founded in 2011, the </span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">HolidayPirates Group</span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"> has been making waves in the travel world ever since!</span></p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br></span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">To achieve our mission of delivering the best travel deals, we want to attract talented people from all over the world.  </span></p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br></span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">That’s why our pirates can work all across Europe - </span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, the UK, or Poland and the US. </span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Whether it’s fully remote or enjoying regular workations and flexible hours, we make your job fit your life (not the other way around!)</span></p></p><br><strong>MISSION AT HAND</strong><p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:21pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Are you an engineer excited about Clojure and functional programming—someone who wants to understand not just how to write code, but why it's built the way it is? </span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:21pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Do you love digging into problems and growing a stronger skill set along the way? </span></p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br></span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:21pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">As a Backend Engineer, you'll be a key part of our backend team, designing, building, and maintaining core applications on our platform. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:21pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">We operate at the intersection of agility and stability—moving fast while staying pragmatic. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to build scalable, high-quality solutions using Clojure and other modern technologies—with real room to bring your own ideas, not just execute someone else's. </span></p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><br></span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:21pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">From day one, you’ll be part of the decision-making process, enjoying real ownership and accountability.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none;"><br></span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">For this role you can be based in Germany,  France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, the UK or Poland. </span></p></p><br><strong>DUTIES ON DECK</strong><p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Design, and implement backend services in Clojure with the team</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Build scalable APIs and services to support high-throughput, low-latency applications</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Contribute to improving system performance and reliability (with guidance from senior team members)</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver well-designed solutions.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Maintain and improve existing codebase with a focus on quality and long-term maintainability</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Participate in technical discussions and help shape best practices.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Communicate proactively with your manager and team on progress, blockers, and trade-offs</span></p></li></ul></p><br><strong>YOUR TREASURE OF EXPERIENCE</strong><p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Minimum 2-3 years of working experience as a Backend Engineer</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Experience in Clojure or interest in learning it</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Using AI for solving problems and using agentic coding is a must</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Understanding of functional programming principles and best practices</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Experience with relational databases and key-value stores</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment</span></p></li></ul></p><br><strong>THE PIRATE SHIP OFFERS YOU</strong><p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(41,42,46);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Flexible working hours and a remote first company (with the freedom to work abroad for up to 181 days)</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(41,42,46);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">A MacBook (also for private use) as well as any other needed equipment including a very lovely remote IT support</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(41,42,46);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;"><p style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(41,42,46);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">50€ for home office allowance per month </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, 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