Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 22, 2026. SkyLink scores B on the Alion truth index.
About SkyLink
SkyLink builds AI products for the travel industry. Our flagship product is an AI corporate travel agent that lives directly in Slack and Microsoft Teams, helping enterprises book and manage travel faster and more intelligently while integrating with their existing policies, systems, and travel management companies.
Now part of the Amadeus family, SkyLink is building the next generation of AI-powered travel products for companies and travelers worldwide. We are backed by Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator, Human Capital, and Fortune 50 executives, with advisors including former CEOs of leading global travel companies.
About the role
We’re looking for a senior software engineer to help us build the best-in-class AI travel management platform. An ideal candidate has 5 years of software experience building nuanced technical systems and working in shared, collaborative codebases and environments.
A great fit:
5+ Years of software experience building nuanced technical systems and working in shared, collaborative codebases and environments.
Is scrappy, knows how to ship, and values progress over perfection
Has built scalable systems
Has strong security, relational database, and software design skills
Can manage infrastructure across dev, staging, and production environments
Wants to set, maintain, and adhere to great software engineering standards (comments, testing, documentation, high quality review)
Enjoys using the latest AI coding technologies and harnesses to develop production systems
Wants to deeply understand technical domains and work on large-scale challenges
Wants ownership and autonomy in a role that will supercharge your growth both professionally and personally
You will:
Create Unified Integrations and APIs on top of complex travel systems (Sabre, TravelPort, Amadeus, etc)
Design and implement database models that scale across our various customers and their systems
Implement algorithms to determine ideal travel itineraries for corporate travelers.
Implement travel purchases, rebookings, and cancellations
Integrate our chatbot into email, slack, teams, sms, and any chat platform that may come up
Architect an AI-driven platform to drive travel with LLMs
Maintain and manage AWS infrastructure and internal CI/CD
Tech Stack:
Backend: Python, Django, Celery, Redis, Postgres
Frontend: React, Typescript
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker
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 companies. 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.
SkyLink Hybrid Work Policy
At SkyLink, we value in-person collaboration and have invested in a comfortable office space with amenities such as meal expensing to facilitate teamwork. While we recognize the benefits of working from home, we also prioritize face-to-face interactions.
Office Attendance
Employees are generally expected to be present in the office 4 days per week.
This guideline is flexible and can be adjusted based on individual circumstances.
Benefits
Healthcare
New laptop of your choice.
Paid lunch and Dinner after 7PM when at the office
401(K) Plan
Unlimited PTO
Hybrid in New York City
SkyLink provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.