Senior Software Engineer at ShopBack

Setup: Remote
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Posted: Jan 15, 2026

Description

ShopBack is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their Travel engineering team. The role involves leading the delivery of large-scale travel platform components, designing and building robust distributed systems, and collaborating with various teams to shape the future of the ShopBack Travel experience. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in consumer-facing platforms or distributed backend systems, with a preference for experience in the travel or OTA ecosystem.

Required Skills

Node.js
TypeScript
AWS
Kubernetes
Postgres
Kafka
SQS
GitLab
Prometheus
Datadog
Redshift
Spark
S3
Trino
Hudi
Knative Eventing
Debezium
Kafka Connect
Slack
JIRA
Confluence
API Design
Microservices
Event-driven Architecture
Generative AI tools
ChatGPT
Cursor
Claude

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
Required Previous Experiences: 7+ years of experience building consumer-facing platforms or distributed backend systems.
Preferred Qualifications: Travel / OTA experience strongly preferred. Ideal candidates have prior experience working within the travel or OTA ecosystem — such as flight metasearch, hotel aggregation, activity marketplaces, travel content platforms, or GDS/LCC/API integrations — and understand the complexities of pricing, availability, and supplier systems.
Experience with flight or hotel domains is a strong advantage: availability, fare rules, rates & inventory, ranking/relevance, caching strategy, or booking orchestration.
Hands-on experience working with Node.js (preferred) or other backend technologies.
Experience deploying applications into cloud environments (AWS highly desirable).
Strong understanding of API design, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex technical environment with high ambiguity.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and third-party partners.
Demonstrated use of Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude) to develop new or improve workflows, enhance productivity, and drive efficiency at scale