ABOUT WEROAD: CONNECTING PEOPLE, CULTURES, AND STORIES
Founded in 2017, WeRoad is a fast-growing startup that is disrupting the travel industry in Italy, Spain, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland and… the USA!
With 200 team members and 4K+ Travel Coordinators, we’re a community of travelers who turn every trip into a life-changing experience. We connect like-minded millennials and send them on adventures to 1000+ destinations worldwide.
We're on a mission to design and deliver experiences worth living and sharing, through rewriting the rules of the travel industry.
Sounds exciting? Before you apply, please read through our Cultural Manifesto 👥
ABOUT THE ROLE
JOB TITLE: Senior Full Stack Product Engineer (Vue, Laravel, Nuxt, NestJS, Typescript) - Freelance
LOCATION: Full Remote (Italy, Spain or France) or Hybrid (Milan)
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Freelancer (with VAT number), full time
SALARY RANGE: €75K - €90K / year (AS CONTRACT - FULL TIME)
TRAINING BUDGET: for professional development (conferences, courses, meetups)
Our Digital Product team, self-branded the Monkeys, is growing!Curious to know more about the Monkeys? Check outour blog (tech radar and what we do) and ourwebsite.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Product Engineer (Vue, Laravel, Nuxt, NestJS, Typescript) to join our team and help us build cutting edge solutions to power our user-facing platforms.
You’ll work across the stack, on anything from our APIs to web interfaces to internal tools. No matter what you’re working on, you’ll be contributing to the design, architecture, and scale-up of our platform and will help us roll out new features.
What you'll do:
Support the PMs, EM and the team in developing front-end and backend solutions (end user-facing and administrative user-facing) according to UX/UI designs, guaranteeing quality and scalability
Help the team identify front-end and back-end architectural solutions based on business logic and requirements, managing the Technical Complexity
Help us maximize the user experience and quality of our product
What you’ll bring to the table:
You have proven experience (4/5+ years) in autonomously managing and delivering projects, stakeholders and other team members to guarantee cooperation, communication and alignment
You have experience in tech leadership, and know when to delegate, when to manage, and when to lead
You are fully autonomous in managing project requirements, implementation and delivery of backend/frontend solutions
You have an outcome and product driven mindset in your solutions
You have experience in delivery management and Agile practices
You have experience in working with Product and Design on finding optimal solutions to business requirements
You are already familiar and an advocate in using AI in your development workflow, with AI IDEs (Cursor/Copilot) and CLIs (Claude Code CLI or Gemini CLI)
Fluent English; comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-market, remote-first environment
Technological experience with:
Node.js / Typescript, with deep knowledge of NestJS
Vue / Nuxt3 (React is good, but you will have to code in Vue.js here) and Typescript
HTML5 and CSS3
SEO and UI/UX on mobile and desktop applications
RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL
Unit and integration tests
SQL Postgres/BigQuery (or MySQL databases)
Git, Github, Github Actions (or alternatives)
Docker and managing containers in development environment
Bonus points:
Clean Code, Clean Architecture, SOLID principles
MikroORM
Vitest / Jest / Mocha
Microservices architecture
Message distribution systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
You’re already part of the WeRoad community
Here you can check our tech stack.
You will love working at WeRoad if:
You dream big, aim higher, and push yourself beyond limits you didn't think possible. Challenges excite you, and you're hungry for the next win.
You want to be part of a young, smart, and fun team that shares your passion for travel. You thrive in a community of bold thinkers and doers who challenge and inspire each other.
You're an entrepreneur at heart, take responsibility from day one, and move fast to make things happen.
You prefer adventure over routine and embrace the fast-paced, ever-changing ride of a scaleup. You make decisions quickly, test, learn, and adapt—because growth comes from action.
You believe in the power of people. Our WeRoaders and Travel Coordinators are at the core of everything we do, and you're eager to be part of something bigger.
What we can offer
Performance-based bonus – A discretionary annual variable bonus, based on performance and company results.
A free WeRoad trip every year – Choose your dream destination with a €1,400/year travel discount, or travel even more as a Travel Coordinator.
Trust-based holidays – We believe performance is driven by impact, not by hours at a desk. You are encouraged to take the time you need to recharge, beyond contractual minimums, within shared guidelines.
Opportunities to learn – We invest in your growth with training and learning opportunities.
New parent support – €3,600/year for 3 years after birth or adoption (or prorated if your child is under 3 when you start at WeRoad).
Extra benefits – a €1,000 bonus for your wedding or civil union, and a one-off bonus when you hit 5 years with us.
Fun – A vibrant co-working space, team buildings and meet-ups.
Hybrid working – Flexible working, and we support you to work from your destination of choice up to 1 month per year.
Ready to apply?
At WeRoad, cultural fit matters as much as skills. We assess both the what, what someone brings, and the how, how they work and live our values. With multiple steps, we make sure every new joiner is not just a match, but 150% aligned with our Culture.
The selection process will consist of:
Introductory call with our Talent Acquisition team — culture and technical fit
Technical case — we send you a take-home case, you send it back, and we review it together
Wide knowledge interview with the Hiring Manager and a member of our leadership team
Culture Champions step
WeRoad is an equal opportunity employer: we consider for employment all applicants, regardless of their race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, family status, political affiliation, disability, and any other legally protected characteristic.
Statistically speaking, women are less likely to apply for roles where they don't fit the job description perfectly. Don’t let a checklist hold you back: if you’re passionate about the role we encourage you to apply with enthusiasm!
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