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Blueground · EMEA (Remote) · South Africa · Hybrid

About the job

At Blueground, our vision is to make people feel at home wherever they choose to live. For us, that means ensuring our guests have the peace of mind, flexibility & confidence they need to explore life’s latest adventure.

We’ve grown a lot since our founding in 2013, having raised more than $258m+ in funding, to date -- and that’s just the beginning. We’re now hosting guests in more than 15,000 homes in 32 cities around the world (and growing!), with an aim to hit 100,000 homes in 100 cities by 2025.

Our vision comes to life through our ways of working. For our 1,000+ member team located across 17 countries, we’ve created a culture of collaboration, inclusiveness, and opportunity.

We believe our people should have the power to choose their preferred way to work. Depending on the role’s requirements, team members can choose to work full time in one of our offices, work fully remote, or choose a hybrid model between the two.

We are driven by our core values. To our team, Time is our most important resource. Excellence isn’t simply a standard, but an exciting way to look at life. We Care deeply about our guests and colleagues. Our relationships are built around Transparency, which builds trust and improves communication.

We are a forward-thinking, tech-enabled company committed to substantial investments in our technology platform. As we build the next version of our property management system to support our partner network and franchising models, we're seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to join a new team working on a new, exciting set of projects.

In this role, you will create new and engage with existing services using a well-established development methodology, a robust continuous integration pipeline, and solid engineering practices. You will be asked to make decisions that will have a high business impact, and you'll tackle challenging requirements to ensure you'll never experience a dull moment. Most likely, you will touch upon several tech stacks but focus only on one.

Our Stack:

  • Node | Kotlin | Javascript/Typescript | Python
  • Postgres | MongoDB | Redis
  • Apache Kafka | RabbitMQ
  • React
  • Rest | GraphQL
  • Jest | Cypress.io
  • AWS | Kubernetes | ArgoCD

Our code sits on Github, is built, tested, and packaged via Github Actions, and runs on Kubernetes. We do project management on JIRA, our prototypes, and mockups on Figma and monitor our systems and performance on Datadog.

What you'll do:

  • Architect, design, and build a new set of services
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies
  • Code services and APIs
  • Write your unit tests
  • Automate stuff. Like a lot.
  • Be religious with Git
  • Depend on a CI pipeline
  • Experiment, learn, and have fun

What To Expect

  • To work in agile, cross-functional, DevOps-enabled teams
  • To work with a product manager and an engineer in testing
  • To work on functional and non-functional testing
  • To work on performance
  • To get your head around a quite big problem domain
  • To solve hard problems
  • To enjoy some quality engineering
  • A rapidly growing company
  • Cool colleagues :)

Recruitment Dialogues

  • Behavioral Dialogue with Talent Acquisition Team (30m)
  • Live Coding: Evaluating Coding Skills (90m)
  • Tech Dialogue : Computer Science Fundamentals (2 hours and a half)
  • Executive Dialogue (optional - L3+): Leadership and Power Skills (30m)

What to expect at the technical interview?

You will be called to have a long discussion with your future team members. This discussion will cover many things from CS fundamentals to latest coding trends. So we encourage you to do a quick refresh on topics like data structures, algos and runtime complexity, as well as core concepts of your primary language (e.g. Java or Python). We will also try to tackle some real-world software design problems together, as we do every other day. It may sound scary but it's really not. We want you to succeed.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of Industry experience in software development
  • Strong CS background
  • Strong skills in one of Node, Kotlin, Java, Python, Ruby, and Javascript
  • Strong background in relational databases and SQL
  • Experience in designing REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Testing mindset and an eye for clean code
  • Really comfortable with Git
  • Excellent communication in English
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related subject
  • Bonus: experience with other JVM languages like Groovy or Kotlin
  • Bonus: experience with NoSQL storage (Redis, Elastic, MongoDB)
  • Bonus: experience with binary APIs (Protocol Buffers, Avro, etc)

Pay, Perks, and Such:

  • Competitive salary & annual performance bonus
  • Blueground Stock Option Plan
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Group Health Insurance program
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Dynamic working environment with talented people
  • Flexible work environment through our Blueground Nomads employee mobility program
  • Complimentary accommodation in Blueground locations. Think summer in LA and winter in Dubai!

At Blueground we are proud to have Diversity and Inclusion at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity regardless of race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

For more information on Blueground, visit us at www.theblueground.com. To keep up with Blueground news, follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Tik Tok!