In an increasingly digital world, there is a desperate need to augment our human experience by getting us to interact with the real world around us and the people in it. At Headout, our mission is to be the easiest, fastest, and the most delightful way to head out to our next real-life experience. We do this by running a managed marketplace to the world’s most exceptional real-life experiences — from immersive tours to museums to live events and everything in between.
We’ve got scale, fast growth, and solid fundamentals
Headout has served tens of millions of guests from 196 countries (every single sovereign state on the planet) on one of our experiences across 100+ cities in 9 languages. Today, we have sales of 100s of millions of $s a year and are growing rapidly. Contrary to the norm, we deliver this scale and growth while being profitable. We've been unit profitable for 18 months + and have recently turned EBITDA profitable as well. We have raised $60M+ from top-tier investors and are building a durable company for the long term - because that's what our mission needs and deserves.
Now is the right time
While we have a fast-growing business, we are still very early in our journey with a large upside to capture and have a team that is small enough for you to have an indelible outsized impact on our journey. We are not too early, we are not too late.
Our culture
Every place has its own beat and we are no different. We are not the right place for everybody but we are the right place for a certain group of people. Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/HeadoutPlaybook
👩💻 The role
As the 'Lead Software Engineer, Backend' at Headout, you'll be diving deep into the heart of our technical ecosystem. Your realm will encompass the design and construction of the core modules on both the application and infrastructure layers. With a team of young, dynamic, and driven professionals by your side, you'll tackle intricate architectural and design challenges. From clustering to replication, from databases to building systems, and infrastructure automation, you'll be hands-on. Your contributions won't just be internal; you'll have the chance to contribute to open-source libraries and components. Ultimately, you'll be the guardian of concurrent, efficient, and scalable services that form the backbone of the Headout ecosystem.
🤩 What makes this role stand out
- Ownership: Take the reins and mold a high-performing team. Your leadership will be key in recruiting, nurturing, and ensuring the success of a top-tier team that will be the backbone of our initiatives.
- Innovation: Don't just follow the norm. Here, you'll be encouraged to think outside the box, spearheading projects from concept to completion and infusing them with fresh, effective solutions that can redefine our approach.
- Explore the Tech Landscape: Embrace the opportunity to work in a rich technological environment. From varied services to distinct platforms and databases, you'll touch multiple facets of tech, ensuring a dynamic work experience. We believe in using the right tool for the job. Experience the versatility of multiple tech stacks, allowing you to pick and choose the best technologies that align with project needs.
- Growth and Influence: It's not just about scaling; it's about influence. Play a pivotal role in the company's ambitious 5x growth trajectory, directly impacting our direction and shaping architectural solutions that set the foundation for our future.
🎯 Essential skills & experience
- Strong CS fundamentals, good working knowledge of classic algorithms and data structures.
- 5+ years experience developing server-side technologies using any language or framework.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and people management skills.
- Experience working with Spring, Relational Databases, Concurrent Programming, NoSQL flavors, AWS.
- Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant systems and databases.
- Experience with setting up systems and infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of how the web works and its underlying communication protocols.
- Knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable.
💫 Bonus
- An interest in travel, local experiences & hospitality.
- An experience in starting or scaling a successful startup.
- Anything out-of-the-box that can surprise us.
At Headout, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the community at large. Headout provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. During the interview process, if you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact the recruiter assigned to your application or email us at [email protected].
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What We Do
Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at exclusive discounted prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds. We combine Uber-like convenience with HotelTonight-esque discounted pricing offering an unparalleled experience to 60% of more than 3 billion travelers that look for local experiences at the last minute.
We are the only company in the space that offers last minute deals with 15% cheaper pricing and 3x faster checkout.
iOS - http://bit.ly/tldshios
Android - http://bit.ly/tldshapp
Web - www.headout.com
Experiencing the world we live in is fundamental to our collective happiness. Headout’s mission is to unlock this happier world by connecting high-quality experiences with billions of people, giving them the opportunity to be entertained and inspired. The unique full-services brand works with small and medium experience providers to standardize a highly fragmented industry through consistent uniform upgrades to infrastructure and service levels. This gives Headout guests a comfortable and delightful experience and enhances occupancy levels, revenue and profitability for local partners.
Headout has grown 16x, is profitable and serves millions of transacting customers from 190+ countries every year. The company has offices in New York, Bangalore, Berlin, London, Dubai & Hong Kong.
