Mid level Java backend developer

We help holidaymakers love their journeys

We're not just another travel company – at Byway, we're pioneering 100% flight-free holidays with Journey AI, the world’s first tech for journey-based trips. We’re a certified B Corp committed to making flight-free travel mainstream. Since our inception in March 2020, we've booked over 10,000 travellers onto unforgettable holidays, with 95% five-star reviews. We’re growing 2x YoY and are regularly featured in the press, including the Guardian, BBC, and New York Times.

We’re looking for a Mid level Java backend developer

We’re looking for a mid-level Java developer to join our backend team. You'll be working building our first-of-its-kind flight-free Journey AI technology. Your code will make a difference to our team and customers daily: your impact will be direct and visible. You’ll report directly to our backend team lead Chris Smith, and work closely with the rest of the tech team, our CTO Rich Levy and across the business.

Our ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple tasks, staying calm under pressure, and delivering high quality code with an attention to detail. If you have a knack for turning challenges into solutions and communicating about technology in plain English, we’d love to hear from you!

This role is a remote first, hybrid role with 2 days per month in the office in London. You must have the legal right to work in the UK/EU and be able to get to the London office flight-free for the 2 days. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

What we’re looking for

• Significant experience writing high quality multi-threaded code in Java 11/14/17/21 using Spring Boot & JPA (or similar frameworks)

• Experience calling JSON/REST, GraphQL and XML/SOAP APIs

• Experience in working with SQL and writing complex queries

• A strong mathematical and/or computer science background and passing familiarity with Travelling Salesman, Knapsack and similar computational problems

• A love for systems and an ability to think through and plan for their life cycles, edge cases, interactions, and failure modes

• An ability to balance speed of iteration and quality of code: we need to build fast without compromising reliability and usability

• Excellent communication skills and an ability to convert business requirements to code and explain complex concepts to the business

What would be great (but isn’t required)

• Experience with travel and hospitality systems and/or Postgres / GIS

• Experience of cloud platforms (eg AWS) and/or DevOps and agile processes

• A passion for sustainability and travel

What we offer

• £55-65k salary, depending on experience

• Remote-first, flexible working

  • 80 hours whenever: flexi-working across two week periods

  • 20 days wherever: work when you like and where you like for most of the month

  • 2 days together: join us in London two days each month including our monthly social

  • A funded day a week in a co-working space

• One cost-price Byway holiday per year and agency rates with Eurostar for you and your family/friends

• 33 holidays days a year (including bank holidays) and an optional extra two days if you travel flight free with Climate Perks

• An annual Away Afternoon and optional Weekend Away.

This role is a remote first, hybrid role with 2 days per month in the office in London. You must have the legal right to work in the UK/EU and be able to get to the office flight-free for the 2 days. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

How to apply

Please complete the application process and attach your CV and a short covering letter. We're more interested in your covering letter than your CV.

We’re eager to receive applications from all backgrounds, including from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The process

If we like your application, we'll schedule a 15-minute call for you and Chris, our Backend Team Lead. After that, there's a short take-home scenario followed by a 30-minute follow-up call with some other members of the Backend Team. Lastly, there would then be a final interview too, which would be with one of the leadership team, Rich (CTO), Cat (CEO), or Holly (CMO). If that's great, we move to job offer and references!

We offer flexible scheduling for our multi-stage interview process and are open to adjustments based on candidate needs.

Applications close

Friday 31st January 2025.
No recruiters or agencies at this stage please.