Software Engineer

At Hostelworld (Permanent), in Porto, Portugal

Expires at : 2025-08-19

Remote policy : Full remote

ABOUT US 🚀

Hostelworld Group, the global hostel-focussed online booking platform, inspires adventurous minds to meet the world and come back with life-changing stories to tell. Our customers are not your average tourists, they crave cultural connection and unique experiences that we make possible by providing an unbeatable selection of hostels in unmissable locations – all in the palm of their hand.

It is the social nature and community feel of hostels and their environment, that enable travellers to embrace journeys of discovery, adventure and meaning. We have more than 13 million reviews across 17,800 hostels in more than 179 countries, making the brand the leading online hub for social travel. The website operates in 19 different languages and our mobile app in 13 languages.

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Dublin, Hostelworld has a growing, high-calibre team of 230 people within Technology, Product, Global Markets, HR, Finance & Legal and Marketing Teams across our Dublin, London, Porto, Shanghai and Sydney offices. Hostelworld is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Dublin Euronext. You can read more about our story here .

WHAT YOU'LL DO 👩‍💻

As a Mid-Level Node.js Developer in our Agile team, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining microservices. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy scalable and robust services. Your knowledge of NodeJs / NestJs will be pivotal in delivering high-quality software that meets our business needs.

This role is to join an established API team who’s vision is to convert Hostelworld's API layer into a set of Node.js Microservices hosted on serverless (Cloud Run, Firestore / Mongo DB) tech.

Main requirements

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR 👀

Experience & Qualifications :

• 3 or more years professional development experience in Node, JavaScript, TypeScript or similar.
• Understanding of design patterns (particularly within the Microservice Architecture)
• Experience developing and maintaining cloud native applications on GCP, AWS or similar
• Understanding of code documentation practices and tools
• Ability to learn, understand, test, and debug existing codebases
• Experience of Mongo DBs
• Experience running and updating CI / CD pipelines using GitActions
• Experience working with BDD is an advantage

Knowledge & Skills :

Nice to have

Benefits & Perks

WHAT WE OFFER 💯

OUR BEHAVIOURS 🏆

We believe in talented and diverse teams that reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we operate. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences. We lay out the above requirements to guide applicants to the experiences that we believe will allow you to be successful in the role. If you don’t meet them all, please consider applying if you think you can still perform the role as described.