Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Frontend & Data Collaboration) (m/f/d) About RoomPriceGenie Founded in 2017, RoomPriceGenie helps hoteliers around the globe achieve optimal pricing through a state‑of‑the‑art algorithm that analyzes internal hotel data and market trends to recommend pricing strategies that enhance revenue and improve booking rates. With customers spanning the globe—from the USA and Canada to Iceland, South Africa, China, Slovenia, Italy, and the UK—RoomPriceGenie has made a meaningful impact in the hospitality industry, and our clients love the results. Your Role As a Senior Backend Engineer in our Customer Journey team, you’ll build the systems that power user activation, engagement and long‑term success. You’ll focus primarily on backend development using Python/Django, owning features end‑to‑end, from design and implementation to testing and deployment. Your impact will extend beyond the backend: you’ll collaborate closely across the stack, occasionally working in our React frontend and data pipelines to keep the team moving fast. Responsibilities Design, build and maintain robust backend services and APIs using Python/Django. Take end‑to‑end ownership of projects, from problem discovery to deployment, monitoring and iteration. Write clean, maintainable and well‑tested code, applying modern testing practices across unit, integration and functional layers. Collaborate across disciplines (Product, Data, Design, and Frontend) to deliver full, measurable outcomes. Occasionally contribute to the React frontend or data pipelines (Snowflake, Airflow, dbt) to unblock progress on critical projects or improve feedback loops. Ensure data quality, observability and performance in systems that feed our analytics and growth experiments. Participate in architecture reviews, technical discussions and mentoring, helping elevate our engineering standards. Drive continuous improvement in how we design, test, deploy and monitor our applications. Your Profile Solid professional software engineering experience with deep backend expertise. Experience in a high‑growth or scaling company is a strong plus; comfortable navigating ambiguity, driving clarity and helping teams adapt as the organization evolves. Advanced proficiency in Python, Django. Strong grasp of software design principles, testing and scalable architecture. Practical experience with CI/CD, AWS and modern monitoring / observability tools. Familiarity with React and data workflows; comfortable reading or extending frontend components and data pipelines when needed. A product‑minded engineer who understands trade‑offs, user needs and impact‑driven development. High ownership mentality; see projects through from idea to measurable results. Excellent communication skills, fluency in English, and a collaborative mindset. Based in the European time zone (UTC+0 / UTC+2). Nice to Have Experience with Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, dragster, cube or similar data tools. Experience with event‑driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, Celery). What we offer at RoomPriceGenie Remote‑First Model: Work flexibly from anywhere, with the option to use co‑working spaces or our offices in Mannheim, Berlin, or Sydney. Team culture focused on transparency, respect and real impact; 9.3 employee satisfaction score. Annual global team gathering and regular office hangouts. Growth and development opportunities with up to three extra days off each year to focus on learning. Five‑year loyalty bonus: earn five weeks of additional vacation time. Birthday celebration policy with paid time off. Flexible working hours. Well‑being resources: Headspace and BetterHelp support. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from reaching out regarding this vacancy. Thank you for your understanding. #J-18808-Ljbffr