Senior Backend Engineer

Join to apply for the Senior Backend Engineer role at Tripadvisor .Be among the first 25 applicants.At TheFork, a leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we build unique dining experiences across 11 countries. We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people‑first culture.What you will doSupport the Core Marketplace team, providing transversal functional capabilities for B2C and B2B customers.Maintain bookings, offers and availability components.Provide new capabilities to customer‑facing teams and support testing, documentation & best practices.Contribute to the team’s roadmap and technical discovery of new features.Collaborate with product manager and senior engineers on development, testing, cross‑tribe collaboration and documentation.Who you areCritical qualificationsYou are a senior software engineer with relevant years of experience building backend services and applications.You have a solid technical background in web technologies (6‑10 years).You are rigorous, dynamic & curious, equipped with an agile mindset and a strong team spirit that allows you to adapt to a changing environment.You have experience building software with a problem‑solving approach, leveraging customer inputs in an iterative manner (Product Discovery).You understand that writing code is not your only job; you also challenge product and stakeholder decisions, conduct analysis, monitor releases, write documentation and communicate upcoming features.You have experience with architectural patterns of large‑scale applications and coding good practices such as DDD, TDD, BDD.You are comfortable writing and speaking in English.Nice to haveExcellent communication skills, including the ability to explain your work to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.Basic knowledge of GraphQL and PHP/Symfony.Good understanding of SQL databases and SQL queries.Comfortable working in a distributed remote team with engineers in various locations.What we offerAn awesome team.A permanent contract.⚖️ Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week, non‑negotiable, plus up to 4 weeks additional flexibility during summer and December for full remote work).Competitive fixed salary and bonus.Lunch vouchers available for each working day.International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe.Highly inclusive working environment.♀️ Lifestyle benefits for physical and leisure activities, family support, travel, etc.Continuous learning and development programs.Free access to the Calm app for mental health resilience.Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid).Health insurance fully covered by the company.Financial support for birth, adoption, civil partnerships, or marriage.Transport allowance.Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee.Amazing offices with dining, coffee points and leisure area.Team building events.We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone – regardless of ability, age, socio‑economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law – has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application, interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.#J-18808-Ljbffr