Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

AHOY MATE!Founded in 2011, the HolidayPirates Group has been making waves in the travel world ever since!To achieve our mission of delivering the best travel deals, we want to attract talented people from all over the world.

 That’s why our pirates can work all across Europe - Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, the UK, or Poland and the US.

 Whether it’s fully remote or enjoying regular workations and flexible hours, we make your job fit your life (not the other way around!)MISSION AT HANDAre you an engineer excited.

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Clojure and functional programming—someone who wants to understand not just how to write code, but why it's built the way it is? Do you love digging into problems and growing a stronger skill set along the way? As a Backend Engineer, you'll be a key part of our backend team, designing, building, and maintaining core applications on our platform. 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.

 From day one, you’ll be part of the decision-making process, enjoying real ownership and accountability.

For this role you can be based in Germany,  France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, the UK or Poland.

 DUTIES ON DECKDesign, and implement backend services in Clojure with the teamBuild scalable APIs and services to support high-throughput, low-latency applicationsContribute to improving system performance and reliability (with guidance from senior team members)Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver well-designed solutions.

• Maintain and improve existing codebase with a focus on quality and long-term maintainabilityParticipate in technical discussions and help shape best practices.

Communicate proactively with your manager and team on progress, blockers.