Fora

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

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6 months ago
New York, NY, USASenior / Staff+

Base Salary

$155k - $225k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and prioritize the roadmap
  • Build the travel advisors application for advisor onboarding, travel search and booking, itineraries, and client interactions
  • Contribute to advisor portal, external website, content and supplier systems, internal admin tools, and external integrations
  • Focus on performance, architecture, clean design, and clean code
  • Collaborate with engineers to define end-to-end engineering solutions
  • Own epics and manage solution design, implementation, and delivery

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
  • 5+ years of backend web development experience
  • 3+ years of experience with Python using Django, Flask, or an alternative framework
  • Strong API and distributed systems design skills
  • Experience with relational database ORMs
  • AWS experience is preferred
  • Kubernetes experience is preferred
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Authorization to work in the United States is required for full-time roles based in the New York City office; Fora does not sponsor U.S. work authorization

Benefits

  • Unlimited vacation
  • Health insurance, including an option completely covered by Fora HQ
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Wellhub memberships
  • 401k plan with company match
  • Commuter benefits
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • Stock options
  • Hybrid work schedule in New York City, with in-office days Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and flexible Wednesday and Friday arrangements

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About Fora

5,001-10,000 employees

Fora builds an AI-enabled platform for travel advisors, combining trip-planning software, training, community and supplier relationships so entrepreneurs can run modern travel agencies. The company operates as a privately held travel agency, earning commissions on hotels and experiences booked by its network of advisors. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in New York, it has 15,000+ advisors who have booked over $2.5B of travel across 180+ countries.

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