Intermediate Software Developer, Full Stack

About Us

Let’s go on an adventure together!  

Hey there, we’re G Adventures. We’re one of the world’s leading small group travel companies, and we’ve always believed that travel isn’t just about where you go — it’s about how it changes you.

For the last 35 years, we’ve set out to do things differently. No cookie-cutter tours. No giant buses or cruise ships. And not to mention, as few selfie sticks as possible. Just real humans, travelling your heart out across the world with open minds and a non-stop desire to make our planet better, simply by exploring it. 

At G Adventures, our DNA (or GNA, if you will) is built on belonging — where bringing your authentic self to work every day isn’t just accepted, it’s downright celebrated. For our office crew — you wanna rock a t-shirt with your dog’s face on it? We say go for it. For our Chief Experience Officers —  you wanna hit the road and call some of the most epic places on Earth your home office? We love that — and we’ve got you. Wanna spend your days with people you genuinely like? Us too — and we’re pretty sure you’ll fit right in, wherever that is. 

Now about that career of yours — this is the kind of place where you can spread your wings and truly grow into your role. The best part? You get to do it all alongside a passionate, freakishly talented, one-of-a-kind bunch excited to produce top-notch work and spread a ridiculous amount of goodness at the same time. 

Feel like this could be the right fit? We think so too, and we’re already way too excited to meet you.

About the Role

The G Adventures Technology team is on the hunt for an opinionated, curious, authentic, and empathetic full-stack developer. If you fit the bill, please apply!

Our developers are excited to work at G Adventures because we love tech, we love travel, and we love changing people's lives. We enjoy working in an open-source environment with the ability to select the right tools for the job. Adventure travel is fun and there are many challenges for curious software engineers, with space to disrupt the industry standard. 

You’ll be joining the Operations Systems team within the Technology department at G Adventures. That means writing, debugging, and deploying software for our Operations Systems Applications. Our React application is a single page app supported exclusively by an API layer, where the Django backend plays a role in a larger API ecosystem.

You’ll work on the tools our Product, Local Operations, Buying, and Marketing teams use to build all aspects of the  products sold by G Adventures and its group of businesses. You’ll play a key role in building and maintaining a collection of front-end and backend-end applications which work in cohesion with our API-driven infrastructure. 

You’ll work in a small and distributed team, where communication, empathy, and support of each other are key to our success as a people-first culture.

This role is a hybrid role based out of South Africa, where a minimum number of days as set by the region, is required in the Cape Town Office office.

You'll also...

• Integrate into the team quickly. Deploy often and early
• Write short specs and prototypes to test new ideas
• Write unit tests for the new code that you craft. Improve test coverage, follow development standards
• Ensure your code is designed with maintainability in mind
• Nurture the applications and tools, through working with stakeholders and understanding their needs
• Work with the team to prototype wireframes and similar as we plan larger features. A keen eye for the user experience is very welcome
• Work with other software teams to improve system communications and performance
• Explore and review new technologies,  for improvement opportunities
• Participate in design and regular code reviews; helping your colleagues do their best

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of JavaScript experience
• 3+ years of experience working in React
• 5+ years of experience working in Python is necessary, Django is a plus
• Fundamental HTML & CSS knowledge
• Deep familiarity with browser behaviour and tooling. Request/response, DOM, devtools, etc
• Comfort navigating the command line, especially with git
• Understanding of common application stacks (nginx, node.js, uwsgi, etc.)
• Design sensibilities, both in UX and code craftsmanship
• PostgreSQL familiarity; digging in when addressing performance issues, can wrangle SQL queries
• Working with microservice architectures is a plus

What Do We Offer You?

• Competitive Total Rewards Package, including exclusive travel perks!
• Additional days off, including on your birthday!
• Vacation time for you to recharge
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Meaningful Employee Recognition Program
• Learning and Growth Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups

*Applicable based on location*

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support the administrative processing of applications, such as organizing and formatting applicant information. AI is not used to screen, assess, or select applicants. All hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team.

G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.