Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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Palo Alto, CA
185K-215K Annually
7+ Years Experience
Big Data • Cloud • Information Technology • Software • Travel
Spotnana makes corporate travel simpler and more affordable.
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will work on critical projects at Spotnana, owning customer satisfaction, leading engineering practices, and collaborating with technical leads. You will bring 8+ years of experience in backend development, design, and architecture.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you ready for the best destination of your career?

Spotnana is modernizing the infrastructure for the multi-trillion-dollar travel industry. Our groundbreaking travel platform powers next-generation travel experiences for Fortune 100 companies and the world’s leading airlines, hotel chains, technology providers, and financial services firms. 

We are tackling the hardest problems the travel industry has to offer, and we need your help. Join us in our quest to make travel effortless so it’s easier for everyone to build deeper connections, stronger teams, and unforgettable memories.

Culture is always fluid. It evolves as a business grows, along with the people who drive it forward. We seek people who have different perspectives, but shared values. Before you embark on this journey, quickly check in on whether you are aligned with our company values:

  1.  Obsessed with Customer Needs: We earn the trust and loyalty of our customers by solving their problems.
  2.  Do the Impossible: We solve tough problems through innovation and are inspired by unprecedented challenges.
  3.  Build Globally, Serve Locally: We embrace a global mindset and celebrate diversity as we serve customers around the world.
  4.  Act Like Owners: We constantly find problems to solve. Decisions are not made in isolation. We work hard, work smart, and work together.
  5.  Constantly Change, Learn & Evolve: We flourish by adapting quickly to new challenges and by learning from everyone around us. Building something new is not always glamorous work. Roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and evolve.
  6.  Respect Above All: We are humble and treat others with the same respect we desire for ourselves. Our work culture is a safe environment where everyone is open to feedback and new ideas.

How you’ll make an impact

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Spotnana’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. Our engineers are versatile, display leadership qualities and are enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full stack as we continue to push technology forward.

What you’ll own

  • Work with top talent in the design and development of high-quality cloud-native services in the Spotnana platform and products 
  • Own the customer delight for your area of impact 
  • Model, teach, and grow the right engineering practices and culture 
  • Code reviews, test automation for your modules, contribute to road map development 
  • Collaborate with architects and technical leads for craftsmanship and new innovations
  • Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews and debugging complex issues 
  • Influence and establish best engineering practices; Provide technical mentorship

Experience to bring with you

  • Experience with backend distributed server side development in a cloud native stack building frameworks for consumption 
  • 8+ years of experience in software development of products and/or SaaS services, and with data structures/algorithms, preferably using Java 
  • 4+ years of experience with software design and architecture 
  • 4+ years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, and/or cross-business projects 
  • Experience successfully hiring, growing, and cultivating full-stack engineers 
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field 
  • Must be willing and able to work in an open office environment in a hybrid structure - This is not a remote-eligible role

Let’s talk compensation

Spotnana strives to offer fair, industry-competitive and equitable compensation. Our approach holistically assesses total compensation, including cash, company equity and comprehensive benefits. Our market-based compensation approach uses data from trusted third party compensation sources to set salary ranges that are thoughtful and consistent with the role, industry, company size, and internal equity of our team. Each employee is paid within the minimum and maximum of their position’s compensation range based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related specifications. 

The annual cash compensation for this role is: $185,000 - $215,000

We care for the people who make everything possible - our benefits offerings include:

  • Equity in the form of stock options which provides partial ownership in the company so you can share in the success of the company as it grows
  • Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match
  • Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date. We cover 100% of your employee premiums and 85% of your eligible dependents
  • Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care and commuter expenses
  • 20 vacation days per year in additional to 10 company holidays, 4 company recharge/wellness days and an end of year company shutdown
  • Up to 26 weeks of Parental Leave
  • Monthly cell phone / internet stipend
  • Additional benefits including access to RocketLawyer’s online legal platform, International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership, Pet Insurance through Fetch, Financial Wellness through Origin and SoFi, EAP through Mutual of Omaha, The Calm app through Kaiser, pre-tax parking/transit program and more

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive environment and to encourage these values in everyone on our team. We provide an environment of mutual respect where opportunities are available without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity and inclusion for people from all walks of life is key to our success as a company.

Top Skills

Java

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The Company
Palo Alto, CA
356 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Spotnana is the travel platform that connects humanity. We are modernizing the infrastructure of the travel industry in order to bring freedom, simplicity, and trust to travelers everywhere. Our Travel-as-a-Service platform makes travel simpler and more affordable for corporations and leisure travelers, while enabling our ecosystem of agency, supplier, and technology provider partners to increase operational efficiency, unlock new revenue sources, and accelerate innovation.

Why Work With Us

We're modernizing a trillion dollar industry responsible for transporting billions of people every year. We believe people form stronger bonds of trust, empathy, and understanding when they gather together in person.

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Spotnana Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Spotnana strives to facilitate a highly collaborative workplace, both virtually and in-person. We have adopted a hybrid workplace model. As not all teams/roles align to a hybrid model, we support alternate working arrangements for eligible positions.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
Palo Alto, CA

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