Software Development Engineer II (Kotlin/Java/Node/React)

TL;DR

Software Development Engineer II (Kotlin/Java/Node/React): Building and optimizing customer-facing features and next-generation workflows for a global travel platform with an accent on payment processing, search optimization, guest management, and property management workflow optimization. Focus on applying domain-driven design, event streaming, and robust APIs for a large, mature product advancing into cloud-native services.

Location: Shenzhen, China. This role supports a flexible work model within a team organized into distributed agile pods across the US and internationally.

Company

hirify.global is a global travel company designing cutting-edge technology to make travel smoother and more memorable, and creating groundbreaking solutions for partners.

What you will do

• Develop Node/Kotlin endpoints for domain APIs including payment, search, guest management, and workflow orchestration features.
• Build React components and pages delivering intuitive reservation, availability, and property management workflows.
• Implement GraphQL queries/mutations and consume REST services, contributing to domain-driven schema evolution.
• Optimize performance (bundle size, LCP, hydration time) informed by real user metrics & Core Web Vitals dashboards.
• Write unit, integration, and e2e tests (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress) enforcing quality gates & regression safety.
• Assist in on-call rotation for Escapia services and contribute to incident postmortems & reliability improvements.

Requirements

• 2+ years professional software development experience.
• REST API experience; exposure to GraphQL preferred.
• Backend Node.js or Kotlin/Java production API experience.
• GraphQL schema/resolver implementation (Apollo).
• Git workflows (branching, PR review) & CI familiarity.
• Clear written & verbal communication in agile settings.

Nice to have

• Good JavaScript & TypeScript/React fundamentals.
• Performance profiling (Core Web Vitals, Lighthouse).
• Accessibility tooling (axe, Storybook a11y add-ons).
• AWS (CloudFront, Lambda, ECS, S3, API Gateway).
• Docker & feature flag systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full benefits package including exciting travel perks and generous time-off.
• Parental leave and a flexible work model.
• Career development resources to fuel passion for travel.
• An open, diverse, vibrant, and welcoming culture where everyone belongs.