Senior Software 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: Senior Software Engineer (Vue/Nest) - Full Stack

LOCATION: Full Remote or Hybrid (Milan)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Permanent contract or Freelancer (Partita Iva)

SALARY RANGE: 44K-50K / year as Permanent, or up to 70K (AS CONTRACT - FULL TIME)

We are evolving our internal platforms to support our communities and product team.

You'll work across the stack, from APIs to web interfaces, contributing to new features, architecture, and performance.

We are hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer for our Supply Platform (built in Nest & Vue)

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

What you'll bring to the table:

• You have proven experience (4/5+ years) 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 / Nuxt3 (or React) and Typescript

• RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL

• Node & NestJS

• 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:

• Clean Code, Clean Architecture, SOLID.

• Jest / Vitest

• Microservices, RabbitMQ, Kafka.

Here you can check our tech stack.

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.

• Trust-based holidays – We believe performance is driven by impact, not by hours at a desk. You are encouraged to take the time you need to recharge, beyond contractual minimums, within shared guidelines.

• 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

• 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