Pickyourtrail - Senior/Lead Backend Developer - Java/Spring Boot

Description :

Role : Senior Backend Engineer (SDE III) / Lead Backend Developer Java & Spring Boot

About Pickyourtrail :

Pickyourtrail (PYT) is an expert co-creator of super hit customised holidays. We are the perfect partner to the designated travel planner/s of every group - big or small. Our service, customisation and expertise help us deliver super hit holidays and make the planner the hero of the holiday.

The mission is simple: to make customized international travel easy, reliable, and uniquely memorable. Candidates are invited to join the team in shaping the future of global exploration!

PickYourTrail is a technology-driven travel company building personalized, end-to-end travel experiences. Our platform powers dynamic itinerary creation, real-time pricing, booking orchestration, and post-booking workflows at scale.

We operate in a high-throughput, real-time environment where backend systems are critical to business success.

What are we looking for :

You are enthusiastic about developing highly scalable, foolproof, end-to-end quality software. You have worked on api integrations, have a good understanding of api docs, SOAP, REST, rate limiter and caching. You are very passionate about data structures and algorithms.

You are flexible in working with multidisciplinary teams and you push your teammates to their limits & ensure that the work is done.

You consider AI as your friend and use them in all facets to augment your work, as your pair programmer, code reviewer and design philosopher. If you feel we are talking about you, contact us asap.

What's in it for you :

- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot

- Own system design for new features, including APIs, integrations, and workflows

- Act as a technical owner for one or more critical backend domains

- Review code, enforce best practices, and raise overall engineering quality

- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design reviews and technical guidance

- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks

What you'll bring to the team :

- 6 to 8+ years of backend development experience

- Strong expertise in Java (8+) and Spring Boot

- Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and Microservices architecture

- Strong solution design and problem-solving skills

- Experience writing unit and integration tests

- Co-ordinate with external API providers and help in keeping the APIs healthy and up-to-date

Youd be a Sooper Trooper if you have :

- Experience building consumer-facing, high-traffic platforms

- High ownership and accountability

- The ability to balance speed vs. quality

- Bias towards solving real customer and business problems

- The Mindset to most often than not think AI First