Staff Software Engineer - Architect

About the company

Invia Travel Group is a prominent pan-European online travel agency with over 800 employees. We operate in several European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.  

We have a variety of online travel platforms that cater to different aspects of travel and accommodation. These platforms include Invia.cz, travelplanet.pl, which offers a wide range of summer and winter tours; Ab-in-den-Urlaub.de, which provides last-minute trips, vacation packages, apartments, flights, rental cars, and a platform that provides flight offers from over 550 airlines; and several others, each specializing in various facets of travel and accommodation. 

Invia Group's story is marked by rapid growth and expansion, having entered seven countries within two years. We merged operations from different countries to form the current Invia Group, a dominant online player in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) regions. 

Invia Group's mission is to help people travel the world. We aspire to become the most customer-centric provider among Online Travel Agencies. We are focused on expanding our position in the online travel market and aim to be a one-stop-shop package platform for customers, offering everything from traditional package tours to tailored individual trips. 

We offer a stable and friendly working environment. We are cash-positive. 

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced Architect Staff Engineer to join our ECOM division, focusing on the critical clusters of customer acquisition and discovery. This is a strategic and high-impact role that requires a forward-thinking individual who thrives on independence and innovation. This position will play a pivotal role in architectural design and system development, guiding our organization with their expertise. We expect this role to proactively identify opportunities, set directions, and lead the way, rather than waiting for instructions. The architects vision and technical leadership will shape the future of our systems and contribute to the growth of our business. If you are a highly independent problem-solver with a proven track record of creating impactful architectural solutions, we invite you to join us in driving our mission forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Expertise: Serve as the primary technology and subject matter expert across all major teams in Invia Group, guiding the strategic direction of our technological developments.
• Product Development Lifecycle: Support the entire product development cycle, from identifying customer needs to designing and implementing solutions that meet these requirements.
• Solution Design: Lead the creation, presentation, and demonstration of technical solutions to senior management and engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Make sure that the most suitable technologies to solve business problems are selected.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor our solutions' performance, ensuring our SLOs (service level objectives) are met. Assist in designing dashboards to monitor SLIs (service level indicators) and help design quarterly goals to improve them.
• Enterprise Architecture: Design and refine the enterprise architecture to streamline operations, reduce redundancy, and minimize latency, errors, and exceptions. Create long-term strategic plans to minimize the number of solutions used, thus maximizing efficiency. Validate team technology proposals. Weigh risks and tradeoffs.
• Collaboration & Education: Act as a central point of contact for product and engineering teams, facilitating integration and API discussions to extend our supply solutions and improve partner integrations. Leads the architecture board, ensuring the increase of technical talent density. For cross-team projects, ensure that everyone has a solid understanding of the target solution.
• Documentation & Influence: Assist in creating key documentation (PRDs, RFCs, ADRs, C4, ERD, Sequence Diagrams). Act as a coordinator, ensuring consistency across teams.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Manage and support customer and partner communications, detailing the implementation, performance, and analytics capabilities of our platform.
• Travel: Occasionally travel to meet with stakeholders, participate in integration workshops, and foster strong relationships with senior management, product, and engineering teams.

Required qualifications:

• Deep Technical Expertise in System Architecture
• Cloud & Infrastructure Knowledge (at least one of AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Excellent Communication & Collaboration
• Experience with Event-Driven Architecture
• Strong Problem-Solving Skills
• Business Acumen & Customer Focus
• End-to-End Ownership
• Experience with Observability & SLO Management

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Legacy System Modernization
• Open Source Contributions or Public Speaking

Our offer

• Competitive Salary: Up to 40,000 PLN net (B2B), commensurate with skills and experience
• Contract Flexibility: Choose between a B2B or Employment Contract
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy 26 days of paid leave (on B2B)
• Sick Leave: Receive 100% paid sick leave for up to 20 days (on B2B)
• Birthday Leave: Take a paid day off to celebrate your birthday
• Flexible Working Hours: Our core hours are 9 AM to 3 PM
• Hybrid Work Model: Work 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
• Health and Wellness: Shared costs for sports activities and private medical care
• Professional Development: Shared costs for training and courses
• Life Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for peace of mind
• Employee Discounts: Access to corporate products and services at discounted prices

Are you ready to shape the future of online travel? Join our dynamic team and help millions of customers explore the world.

Apply now, and let's embark on this exciting journey together!

Please send your resume in English.