Holiday Tribe - Senior Software Engineer – Java

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Java Spring Boot
Experience Level: 4+ years
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Company: Holiday Tribe
Employment Type: Full-time
Working: 5 days WFO, (2 Sat WFH, 2 Sat Off)

About Us

Holiday Tribe is a travel tech startup reimagining how holidays are planned. From AI trip planners to real-time bookings, we are building tools to make travel smarter, faster, and more personalized.

We’re hiring a Java Spring Boot Developer to build scalable backend systems for bookings, payments, and itinerary management.

What You’ll Do

• Develop robust microservices using Java (Spring Boot) to handle bookings, payments, and trip data.
• Build REST APIs that interact with external systems (flights, hotels, activities).
• Design scalable systems to store and serve itinerary, user profiles, and preferences.
• Optimize data models and ensure reliability, especially for payment flows.
• Work with frontend, DevOps, and AI engineers to support core product functionality.

What You Bring

• 4+ years experience building backend systems with Java + Spring Boot.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, relational databases, and microservice architecture.
• Experience with MySQL/PostgreSQL, Hibernate/JPA, and API integrations.
• Experience working with Spring redis for caching and Spring Kafka for message queues.
• Understanding of payment integrations and basic security best practices.
• Bonus: Experience with cloud deployments or containerized environments.

Perks

• Help define backend architecture of a next-gen travel product.
• Work closely with a product and AI team solving real-world travel use cases.
• Freedom to experiment and grow as an engineer.
• Competitive compensation and equity.