Senior Backend Engineer / Solutions Architect

About SkyLink

SkyLink is building the corporate travel chatbot that allows travelers and arrangers to book and manage travel in enterprise chat channels, Slack & Teams, as if they're speaking to a corporate travel agent. Leveraging the latest in LLMs and generative AI, SkyLink’s workflows can handle simple or complex travel itineraries and changes using natural language. We serve enterprises and Travel Management Companies to save millions in excess corporate travel costs, increase online booking throughput, and delight users who have been stuck with decade old booking tools.

We are backed by Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, Human Capital, and Fortune 50 CEOs. Our board of advisors includes former CEOs of Global Travel companies.

About You

You are a backend engineer with expertise in building and integrating APIs, ensuring smooth data exchange and communication between multiple systems. You thrive in customer-facing roles, working directly with external stakeholders to implement technical solutions that align with business needs.

You are a team player who enjoys collaborative environments but is not afraid to voice their opinion. You thrive in ambiguous settings and know how to balance tech debt and "doing things right". You want to be part of a small, fast-paced, and energetic team looking to impact global travel.

About the role

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer / Solutions Architect to design, develop, and integrate the APIs and backend systems that power our AI travel management platform. A key focus will be on API development and implementation—enabling seamless communication between our systems and external travel platforms like Sabre, Amadeus, and TravelPort. This role involves working closely with customers to implement backend solutions tailored to their requirements.

You will:

• Design, develop, and maintain APIs for integrating with travel management systems (Sabre, TravelPort, Amadeus).
• Collaborate with customers on implementation projects, ensuring smooth integration with their systems.
• Develop backend components using Python and Django to support bookings, cancellations, and rebookings.
• Create scalable database models to support multi-tenant customer environments.
• Manage infrastructure across development, staging, and production environments using AWS.
• Integrate our chatbot across Slack, Teams, email, and other platforms.
• Ensure APIs are secure, well-documented, and aligned with customer needs.
• Collaborate on the architecture of an AI-driven platform using LLMs to enhance travel experiences.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Python, Django, Celery, Redis, Postgres
• Frontend: React, Typescript
• Infrastructure: AWS, Docker

Benefits

• Healthcare
• New laptop of your choice.
• 401(K) Plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Hybrid in New York City

About the interview

Introduction zoom chat with a cofounder

This is an informal call for us to meet each other and get to know one another. The conversation will cover some light technical discussion about your past projects and your ability to code and build fairly involved systems. We would like to hear details about those projects and both your product and technical decisions (good or bad) which show ownership and autonomy. We also want to understand what you are looking for in your next role and why you are interested in early-stage startups. You will get to ask us about the role and learn about what working at SkyLink will feel like.

Two technical interviews

These technical interviews will give you an ability to show off your system design and backend programming skills. We will evaluate your ability to critically think, create complex backends, and scale real world systems. Additionally, we will discuss your familiarity or interest in AI and Large Language models.