C++ Developer

About Kiwi.com

Kiwi.com provides innovative travel tech solutions for customers and businesses.

Founded by Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi in 2012, Kiwi.com is an online search engine allowing users to combine transportation from non-cooperating carriers. Self-connect travel itineraries allow users to combine flights and ground transportation from over 800 carriers. Kiwi.com ranked seventh in the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA list, becoming the highest-ever rated Czech company. Following the previous success, Kiwi.com ranked fifth in the very same program in 2018. In November 2019, the company announced a change in its vision of becoming the first Virtual Global Supercarrier and won the People’s Choice Award at Phocuswright Conference in Miami.

Position

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic C++ Developer who would like to further develop gained skills and also have fun along the way? In that case, read on as Kiwi.com is looking for a developer to join our core C++ team!

The team in question is responsible for Kiwi’s search engine. That covers a handful of services doing everything from big data processing, graph routing, machine learning, we even have a custom distributed database. But it’s not just engineering. We are constantly analyzing business intelligence data to find potential avenues of results quality improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Kiwi’s C++ core search engine development
• Creation of next-generation public transportation search engine
• There are many areas in which you can participate:
• High-performance computing and low-level micro-optimization
• Designing of new features based on business inputs
• Implementation of distributed databases and distributed systems in general (One of our products is 25TB database)
• Algorithmic research and prototyping etc. (Graph algorithms, Travelling salesman problem, efficient data structures)
• ML models for price prediction
• Business intelligence analysis

Your qualification

• Min. of 3 years of work experience in C++ development
• Knowledge of C++11 standard
• Knowledge of Python is an advantage
• Profound theoretical IT background is an advantage (experience with design of efficient algorithms and data structures)
• At least intermediate knowledge of English
• Team player with relaxed, non-conflict nature

Technologies:

• C++20, coroutines
• Python, asyncio
• Neural Networks, Decision trees
• Git, CI, Docker, kubernetes
• Google cloud, AWS, bare metal

What we offer

• We deploy immediately after a job is completed, not after months of QA
• Do, fail, learn – repeat! We understand that mistakes happen and we learn fast
• We decide which cutting-edge technologies are appropriate for the task
• We code at hackathons and other competitions
• We support the local technological community 
• We visit and speak at conferences and technological events worldwide 
• We use our work time wisely with a friendly vacation policy and work schedule
• We also like to party and hang out together
• We work, play, relax, workout and even nap in our offices
• We’re a great team of passionate and fun-loving people from across the globe who you’ll love working with
• We look forward to you joining our team-buildings and parties!
• Besides a motivating salary, we offer quarterly bonuses dependent on your performance and the company’s results 
• The opportunity to join our Phantom Stock scheme (for positions from level 5 upwards) 
• We also enjoy benefits, such as meal vouchers, 20+5 days vacation, Cafeteria program, sick days, VIP Medical Care, multisport card
• Flight vouchers to celebrate your kiwi anniversaries
• Work from home and/or our modern office located in ZET Nová Zbrojovka where you can enjoy sauna, gym, masseur, sleeping spots, canteen, showers, chillout zones, Rebelbeans coffee, garage spaces 
• Hardware from Apple or Microsoft based on your preferences
• Relocation package (including visa support)
• We offer unlimited contracts within a forward-thinking and ambitious company 
• Dogs, kids, and parties are welcome in our offices
• Grow.Kiwi program which supports parents and keeps them engaged with the company