About us Travelcircus, the online booking platform for event travel experiences, was founded by Bastian Böckenhüser in Berlin in 2014. By combining internationally popular events (e.g. theme parks, musicals, exhibitions or concerts) with quality-tested premium hotels, Travelcircus puts together unique packages at attractive prices for its customers. Over 1 million travellers have trusted us since the company was founded.Since the beginning of 2022, Travelcircus has entered other European markets in addition to the DACH markets. Dutch, Belgian, French, Italian, Spanish, Danish and British travellers can now also book the unique packages. Through the Travelking brand acquired in September 2022, Travelcircus is also represented in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. True to the motto ‘by travellers for travellers’, the Travelcircus team shares a common vision of presenting the hottest events and most sought-after weekend destinations to travel enthusiasts online at the best value for money. Intro Do you love traveling and are you ready for new challenges in an ambitious, fast-growing and committed company? Then you've come to the right place!Start your career with us as:Junior Backend Engineer (m/f/x) Your responsibilitiesTravelcircus is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer (m/f/x) to join the development team. We're looking for someone who's passionate about building robust & scalable technology platforms, systems and APIs. You'll be an integral part of the engineering team and will work closely with others throughout our company to deliver the best possible product to our customers. Ideal candidates will have experience with PHP, API development and Service-Oriented Architectures.Things you will work onBuilding and extending our Platform Services and Booking SystemsDesigning, developing, and maintaining a robust transactional API platform, that will be used internally and directly by 3rd partiesUsing AI tools to enhance the development processParticipating in code reviews and pair programmingImproving our existing platform codebase which is used by tens of thousands of users on a daily basisAddressing bugs and performance issues What we offer FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS thanks to part-time and flexitime models as well as remote work (2 days a week)ATTRACTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT in a stylish loft office with start-up flair, cooking together, fun & cohesion in a varied working environment and regular team eventsTRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION thanks to flat hierarchies, fixed feedback cycles and weekly company and team meetingsOPTIMAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES thanks to a comprehensive onboarding program and individual induction, continuous on-the-job training, optimal promotion and further development opportunities ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION & DISCOUNT on the BVG company ticket (local public transport) and discounts with over 800 other providersPERSONAL TRAVEL BUDGET of €1080 per year to spend freely on our entire product portfolioWORK LIFE BALANCE with 28 vacation days, increasing per year of service, with up to 35 days of vacation entitlement as well as company health management and a pension planYour profileExperience building web applications and distributed web servicesKnowledge of PHP / OOP, relational databases and data modellingGood understanding of SQL and the ability to write and debug queriesExperience with common AI agents like Claude or CodexExperience with Linux/macOS command lineExperience using message queues and Elasticsearch is a plusStrong visual, verbal and written communication skills, fluency in english, german is a plusExperience working in Agile environments Do you still have questions or do you want to apply immediately? If you want to develop yourself further and take on responsibility, then you've come to the right place. Please send us your application, including your salary expectations and your earliest possible start date, exclusively via our online application system. Our Team Lead People & Operations will be happy to answer any questions you may have:Ines Krawczykrecruiting@travelcircus.de+49 (0) 157 5099 9587Team TravelcircusOver the past few years, Travelcircus has developed into an international company with over 100 highly motivated and committed employees who form the basis of our success. If you would like to get to know our team, then take a look at our Instagram Career page - there you will get a first impression of your future colleagues. We expressly declare that we welcome everyone, regardless of gender, nationality or ethnic origin, religion or ideology, disability, age or sexual identity.We look forward to meeting you!