Fora Travel

About the Company

Forget everything you thought you knew about being a travel advisor. At Fora, we're redefining the role and powering the next generation of travel advisors. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Evan Frank, Henley Vazquez, and Jake Peters, we welcome those who want to build a career in travel on their own terms. We provide the platform and support needed to turn a passion for travel into a flexible job, embracing remote work, hybrid models, and the rise of digital opportunities. Fora's Advisor Community is at our core. We believe we can all go further when we operate together, using our combined leverage to unlock better opportunities and outcomes for our advisors, partners, and travelers. We are driving change in the travel industry.

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Company Name

Fora Travel

Job Title

Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer Role Summary: Lead the design, development, and delivery of a high‑performance, stateful web application that powers the Advisor Experience for an online travel platform. Work closely with Product, Design, and Backend teams to translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable code. Expectations: - Own the full lifecycle of frontend features, from concept to production. - Champion code quality, performance, and accessibility standards. - Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative engineering culture. - Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset by proactively identifying opportunities to improve user experience and technical infrastructure. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to define roadmap priorities and translate them into technical specs. - Architect and implement core modules for advisor onboarding, travel searching, booking, itinerary management, and client interactions. - Integrate third‑party APIs and internal services, ensuring seamless end‑to‑end workflows. - Write and maintain comprehensive unit, integration, and E2E tests. - Review pull requests, enforce coding standards, and provide constructive feedback. - Optimize application performance, security, and accessibility across all supported browsers and devices. - Participate in capacity planning, release planning, and post‑mortem analyses. Required Skills: - 5+ years of professional frontend web development experience. - 3+ years of hands‑on work with React, Vue.js, or Angular. - Deep knowledge of modern JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design. - Experience building event‑driven, stateful applications with Redux, MobX, or similar patterns. - Strong testing expertise: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, etc. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and code‑review tools. - Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills. - Self‑motivated, initiative‑driven, and comfortable in a fast‑moving environment. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. - (Optional) Professional certifications in JavaScript or frontend frameworks are a plus.

New york, United states

Hybrid

Senior

18-01-2026

Company Name

Fora Travel

Job Title

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

Job Description

**Job Title:** Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance **Role Summary:** Design, build, and maintain highly scalable backend services that power end‑to‑end advisor payment flows, including booking data ingestion, commission calculation, payout processing, and reconciliation. Collaborate closely with product, design, and operations to deliver reliable, performant, and secure financial systems and integrate with third‑party payment platforms (e.g., Stripe). **Expectations:** - Define and prioritize roadmap features for payment, commission, and revenue systems. - Deliver complete solutions from architecture through implementation and production rollout. - Ensure system performance, transactional reliability, and data integrity at scale. - Communicate effectively across cross‑functional teams and mentor junior engineers. - Adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to drive innovation in fintech product offerings. **Key Responsibilities:** - Partner with Product Managers and Designers to shape payment and earnings features. - Design and maintain distributed systems for processing booking, payment, and reconciliation data. - Build and optimize backend services handling payout logic, transaction timing, ledger accuracy, and third‑party payment integrations. - Create robust APIs and data models supporting accounting/ledger workflows. - Lead epics, owning full lifecycle: design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring. - Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure seamless, secure user experiences. - Contribute to architectural decisions, performance tuning, and scalability planning. **Required Skills:** - 5+ years of backend web development experience. - 3+ years with Python and frameworks such as Django or Flask. - Strong expertise in designing APIs and distributed systems for financial/transactional data. - Proficiency with relational databases, ORMs, and data modeling for accounting/ledger use cases. - Experience in FinTech, payments, or infrastructure involving reconciliation or double‑entry accounting (highly preferred). - Familiarity with AWS and container orchestration (Kubernetes) a plus. - Excellent communication, collaboration, and team‑player abilities. - Entrepreneurial attitude and ownership mindset. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - No specific certifications required, though relevant FinTech or cloud certifications are advantageous.

New york, United states

Hybrid

Senior

01-03-2026