Senior Java Backend Engineer (Remote)

Full-Time

Location :  Remote

About Arcube ✈️

Arcube is a Manchester-based travel-tech startup helping airlines overcome the challenge of retailing ancillary products. We aggregate 16+ travel products into a single integration, enabling airlines to launch new revenue streams in weeks. Through one connection, airlines access global and local suppliers for lounges, car rentals, eSIMs, local experiences and more. Arcube’s proprietary AI engine personalises product selection, pricing and timing for each passenger using hundreds of data points.

We are a small, highly capable team that values rapid execution, ownership, and technical excellence.

Backed by  Oxford Capital, Fuel Ventures,  and travel-tech veterans (as part of a $1.5m investment), we have developed a strong pipeline of leading airlines and are on track to become market leaders in a growing ancillary technology category.

Role Overview 🧩

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in Java to build resilient, high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems capable of handling tens of thousands of concurrent requests. You'll own end-to-end supplier integrations, working directly with external suppliers to implement REST API and webhooks integrations.

The role requires strong product intuition and a deep understanding of the full passenger lifecycle, from bookings and order creation to modifications and cancellations, as well as how these workflows operate reliably across a multi-tenant platform.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years backend engineering experience with ownership of production systems serving at least 10,000+ daily active users
• Ability to gather requirements from suppliers, analyse integration specifications, and communicate effectively with key stakeholders throughout the integration lifecycle
• Expert in Java, with extensive experience writing concurrent, multithreaded, and asynchronous code for high-performance systems
• Deep expertise with Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot / Data / Security), building scalable APIs and microservices
• Proven ability to integrate and operate RESTful APIs with third-party suppliers, handling authentication, rate limiting, and error scenarios
• Strong understanding of distributed systems : event-driven patterns, messaging brokers (eg. RabbitMQ, Kafka, AWS SQS / SNS), and resilient design (idempotency, circuit breakers)
• Proven experience with both SQL (Postgres / MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB), knowing when to use each
• Skilled in AWS infrastructure, Docker, CI / CD, infrastructure as code, and production monitoring
• Mentor team members when required through code reviews and architectural guidance while communicating technical decisions to stakeholders

What You’ll Do

Salary & Benefits 🎁

Compensation details will be shared during the intro call.

Following CV review, shortlisted candidates will receive preliminary questions prior to an introductory call.

Interview Process

We aim to complete the process within 4 weeks and will keep you informed at every stage.