Fullstack Developer, Widgets (Travel Tech)

Job Title: Fullstack Developer, Widgets

About Stay22

Stay22 is a fast-growing and profitable Travel Tech scale-up based in Montreal. We empower content creators to monetize their content more effectively while enhancing the travel experience for their users through innovative solutions. Our technology simplifies the search for travel-related services, reaching over 100 million unique users monthly via top travel discovery pages and platforms. Our Widgets team is at the forefront of creating a library of seamless widgets and tools, empowering our Partners to deliver an exceptional, immersive experience to their users. Join us to push the boundaries of predictive modeling and AI in Travel Tech.

Job Summary

The Widgets Squad is on a mission to revolutionize how our partners engage their users. We create dynamic, high-impact widgets and tools that seamlessly integrate into websites and social networks, enhancing user experiences and making them unforgettable. As a Fullstack Developer, you'll be at the forefront of this innovation, designing, developing, and implementing our cutting-edge widgets. Your expertise in frontend technologies will shine as you lead projects focused on creating visually appealing and highly performant products. With a deep understanding of backend systems, you'll ensure that our solutions are not only effective but also robust and scalable. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to bring these products to life, maintaining a strong focus on simplicity, usability, and long-term maintainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and rollout of widgets for blogs and social networks, ensuring a perfect balance between frontend and backend requirements
• Develop and maintain a library of widgets that will become an integral part of our Developer platform, focusing heavily on frontend development using Vue.js, React, TypeScript, and JavaScript
• Implement backend solutions with Node.js and MongoDB, ensuring seamless integration with our REST and GraphQL APIs
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to refine product specifications, discuss trade-offs, and make strategic decisions that align with business goals
• Take ownership of web performance metrics such as FCP, LCP, and TBT, ensuring that our widgets are not just functional but also lightning-fast
• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement (share your wisdom, young Padawan)
• Facilitate sprint retrospectives and incident post-mortems, helping the team introspect and improve processes and outcomes
• Ensure code quality, simplicity, and long-term maintainability through rigorous code reviews and best practices (we believe in clean code that sparks joy)
• Propose and implement well-regarded technical designs for large projects, considering usability and user experience
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, understanding how your work contributes to business-level strategic initiatives 
• Balance pragmatic solutions with technical excellence, understanding when to push back and when to compromise (be the tech diplomat we need)
• Quickly pull in the right people to discuss options and escalate as needed when faced with challenges or scope changes 

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in Frontend development with a keen eye for detail and a passion for creating visually appealing solutions
• Proven experience in backend development with a deep understanding of modern frameworks and technologies, particularly MongoDB, TypeScript, and Node.js
• Strong problem-solving skills and a creative mindset, with the ability to think through risks and details upfront.
• Deep understanding of FCP, LCP, TBT metrics with a strong knowledge on web performance (because nobody likes a slow website)
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and SDKs
• Demonstrated ability to own significant technical projects from conception to deployment 
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with product managers and other stakeholders 

Why join Stay22?

• Support Travel Creators: Be part of a team that empowers travel creators to explore the world by increasing their passive income potential. 
• Empower Your Growth: We hire champions and give them the opportunity to excel, skipping levels and honing their superpowers.
• Lead with Impact: We empower our team members to take charge and make a real impact in the Stay22 universe.
• Be Yourself: Embrace a come-as-you-are dress code and a flexible work schedule.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer health & dental benefits, retirement plans, learning & development opportunities, and social & team-building activities, including exciting retreats (while we can't share all the details about our upcoming winter retreat, let's just say we hope it's smooth sailing 🚢😉)