PHP Backend Engineer
- Tokyo
- Partial Remote
- Full-time
- October 10, 2024
Our Mission:
Driven by Based on our mission of balancing business and social contribution, we have developed and operated "skyticket", a travel booking site that allows users to search and reserve affordable airfare and hotels.
Our Achievements:
- Over 20 million downloads of our app since its release in 2015
- Profitable even during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating resilience across the travel industry
- Record-breaking profits achieved in June 2023
- Expansion to 6 subsidiaries overseas
- Our Global Workforce :The percentage of international employees hired exceeds 50%, we are fostering a truly global development environment.
Why Join Us?:
Embrace a Global Environment
Join a team of talented individuals from Amazon headquarters, Accenture, Salesforce, and our Future Creator talent acquisition program.
Thrive in a multicultural environment, working in both Japanese and English, enhancing your soft skills and increasing your market value.
Drive Innovation and Growth
Be part of a company that actively creates new businesses, having launched three new services since 2023.
Contribute to cutting-edge AI solutions that are shaping the future of travel.
Seize Opportunities for Career Advancement
Develop your global expertise and gain valuable experience that will set you apart in the job market.
Take on challenging projects and make a real impact on our company's success.
In today's rapidly evolving landscape where AI is playing an increasingly prominent role, simply coding skills are no longer enough to guarantee market value.
For those seeking a global challenge and the opportunity to make a difference, "skyticket" offers a wealth of opportunities.
Summary:
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Back-End Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Back-End Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining our travel booking platform, "skyticket". You will work closely with other engineers to design, implement, and test new features, while also ensuring the stability and performance of our existing systems.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain back-end systems for our travel booking platform
- Design and implement new features and enhancements
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and maintainability
- Research and evaluate new back-end technologies
Additional Opportunities:
- Gain experience in modernizing and globalizing a service with over 7 million monthly active users (MAU)
- Develop your skills as an engineer in a global environment
- Collaborate with offshore teams
- Gain management experience, if desired
Technology Stack:
- Front-end: Vue.js, React, jQuery
- Backend: PHP, Go, Java
- Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cloud Spanner, Redis
- Infrastructure: GCP, AWS
- Editor/IDE: Visual Studio Code
Required Skills:
- At least 2 years of experience in backend web development using PHP
- Experience in database design
- Experience in team development using Git
- Experience communicating in both English and Japanese
Additional Skills:
- Experience in development and operation with microservice architecture
- Experience in front-end development
- Experience in software design
- Experience in offshore development
The kind of person we are looking for:
- Those who can take on new challenges without fear of failure.
- Those who can lead others and those who can follow up on those who lead others.
- Those who want to contribute to society by using the skills they have acquired.
- Those who want to contribute to society by using the technology they have acquired.
- People who are comfortable communicating in English (both text and conversation)
About Adventure
Adventure is on a mission to contribute to society, by creating jobs in local communities through the travel industry.
Adventure developed and now operates their travel booking website, “skyticket”, which allows users to search, compare, and purchase all their travel necessities on one platform, including cheap airline tickets, hotels, and tours.
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