Staff Full Stack Engineer

ABOUT WEROAD: CONNECTING PEOPLE, CULTURES, AND STORIES
Founded in 2017, WeRoad is a fast-growing startup that is disrupting the travel industry in Italy, Spain, UK, Germany, France and Switzerland

With 200 team members and 3K Travel Coordinators, we're a community of travelers who turn every trip into a life-changing experience. We connect like-minded millennials and send them on adventures to 300+ destinations worldwide.

We're on a mission to design and deliver experiences worth living and sharing, through rewriting the rules of the travel industry.

Sounds exciting? Before you apply, please read through our Cultural Manifesto

About The Role

• JOB TITLE: Staff Engineer - Fullstack
• LOCATION: Full remote (Italy, Spain, UK, France or Germany) or Hybrid (Milan).
• TYPE OF CONTRACT: Freelancer
• SALARY RANGE: up to 85K (AS CONTRACT - FULL TIME)

Our Digital Product team, self-branded the Monkeys, is growing
Curious to know more about the Monkeys? Check out
our blog
(tech stack and what we do
) and
website
.

We are looking for an experienced
Staff Engineer (Vue/Laravel/Typescript)
to join the team working on our customer facing platforms (Website & CMS) to help us build cutting edge
Full Stack
solutions that delight customers.

You'll work across the stack with your team, on anything from our APIs to web interfaces to internal tools.

You'll be contributing to the design of new features, the architecture, and the performance of our website.

What You'll Do

• Support the PMs, EM and the team and in developing front-end and backend solutions (end user-facing and administrative user-facing) according to UX/UI designs, guaranteeing quality and scalability
• Help the team identify front-end and back-end architectural solutions based on business logic and requirements, managing the Technical Complexity
• Help us maximize the user experience and quality of our product (you'll work on our coolest website and CMS)
• Communicate and Collaborate with the Leadership Team, leveraging your Network to maximize the team Impact

What You'll Bring To The Table

• You have proven experience in autonomously managing and delivering projects, stakeholders and other team members to guarantee cooperation, communication and alignment.
• You are fully autonomous in managing project requirements, implementation and delivery of backend/frontend solutions
• You have an outcome and product driven mindset in your solution
• You have experience in tech leadership, know when to delegate, when to manage, and when to lead
• You have experience in delivery management and Agile practices
• You have experience in working with Product and Design on finding optimal solutions to business requirements
• You are already familiar and advocate in using AI in your development workflow with AI IDEs (Cursor/Copilot) and CLIs (Claude Code CLI or Gemini CLI)

Technological Experience With

• SEO and UI/UX on mobile and desktop applications
• Vue / Nuxt (or React) and Typescript
• PHP & Laravel
• RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL
• unit and integration tests
• SQL Postgres/Bigquery (or MySQL databases)
• Git, Github, Github Actions (or alternatives)
• Docker and managing containers in development environment

Bonus Points For Having

• Knowledge of Clean Code, Clean Architecture, SOLID principles
• Knowledge of Vitest/Jest/Mocha
• Knowledge of microservices architecture
• Message distribution systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Experience with A/B tests and related tooling (Growthbook etc.)
• Knowledge of DDD and domain principles
• Knowledge of NestJS
• You are a member of the WeRoad Community already

What We Can Offer

• Performance-based bonus – An discretionary annual variable bonus, and based on performance and company results.
• A free WeRoad trip every year – Choose your dream destination with €1,200/year travel discount or travel even more as a Travel Coordinator.
• Unlimited holiday – You are a master of your own time.
• Opportunities to learn – We invest in your growth with training and learning opportunities.
• New parent support – €3,600/year for 3 years after birth or adoption (or prorated if your child is under 3 when you start at WeRoad).
• Extra benefits – Meal vouchers (€8/day – when applicable), a €1,000 bonus for your wedding or civil union, and one-off bonus when you hit 5 years with us.
• Fun – A vibrant co-working space, team buildings and meet-ups.

Ready to apply?
At WeRoad, cultural fit matters as much as skills. We assess both the what, what someone brings and the how, how they work and live our values. With multiple steps, we make sure every new joiner is not just a match, but 150% aligned with our Culture.

The Selection Process Will Consist Of

• introductory call with Talent Acquisition Specialist
• technical and background-based interview with Hiring Manager
• Case Study + Second technical interview
• C-level step + EM
• Culture Champions step

WeRoad is an equal opportunity employer: we consider for employment all applicants, regardless of their race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, family status, political affiliation, disability, and any other legally protected characteristic.

Statistically speaking, women are less likely to apply for roles where they don't fit the job description perfectly. Don't let a checklist hold you back: if you're passionate about the role we encourage you to apply with enthusiasm