Staff Engineer

We pride ourselves on being people-first at Booksy, which means you know a human will always review your application. It also means that many of our team are taking a well-deserved break over the festive period. This might cause a little delay in you hearing from us. If we don’t respond by the end of 2024, we’ll definitely be in touch soon into the new year. Thanks for your interest and patience.

Booksy connects beauty, wellness and health professionals with local customers, powering millions of appointments annually. Our vision is to be the destination for scheduling, empowering service providers to thrive and consumers to discover and book services. Consumers love Booksy, with a 4.9+ app rating in the App Store & Google Play, and providers gain peace of mind when they use Booksy Biz to manage their small businesses. 

As a Booksy employee, you’ll join a team of 800+ around the world building the fastest growing appointments marketplace. Regardless of the position you hold, you’ll make a direct impact every day helping our providers grow their businesses and build loyal client relationships in their communities.

Our inclusive, remote-first team operates with a shared commitment to our values: 

• People first: We empower and elevate the service provider, the consumer, and their communities.
• Act like an owner: We take responsibility for our actions and their results.
• Work as a team: We collaborate and care about the success of our team and others.
• Shoot for the moon: We have ambitious goals and overcome obstacles with tenacity. 

Ready to join us? Read on for more.

Role Overview

As a Staff Engineer at Booksy, you'll be at the forefront of engineering excellence, leading impactful projects that empower service providers worldwide to grow their businesses. You’ll work with a talented, collaborative team to tackle complex challenges, leveraging technology to design and scale robust, high-performance systems.

Beyond the technical scope, this role offers the chance to mentor others, drive innovation, and directly contribute to a product loved by millions of users globally.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Project Leadership: Lead major technical projects, ensuring they align with the company's strategic goals and deliver measurable impact.

Engineering Excellence: Promote advanced engineering practices within the team, setting high standards for development methodologies, testing frameworks, and system security.

Technical Strategy and Architecture: Contribute to defining and executing the technical strategy for the engineering department, driving architectural decisions that enhance system performance, scalability, and resilience.

Mentorship and Team Development: Provide mentorship and technical guidance to peers and junior team members, fostering skill development and enhancing team expertise.

Cross-functional Communication: Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.

• Proficient in Python programming, with a comprehensive understanding of advanced features, and best practices.

• Experience in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web frameworks (preferably Vue.js)
• Extensive experience with PostgreSQL database management system, including advanced querying, performance optimization, and database administration tasks.
• Proficiency in writing comprehensive test suites, test automation
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of advanced architectural patterns, such as microservices, micro-frontends, and event-driven architecture, to design scalable, maintainable, and high-performance systems.
• Design, implement, and maintain containerized applications using Docker, and develop CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and delivery processes for scalable and reliable software releases.
• Implement and maintain robust observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and alerting systems, to ensure real-time visibility into application performance, system health, and efficient troubleshooting.