Shiji Group is a global leader in the hospitality technology sector, providing a comprehensive suite of software solutions for the hotel, retail, food service, and entertainment industries. Founded in 1998, the company has grown into a multinational powerhouse with over 5,000 employees across more than 80 subsidiaries and brands, serving over 91,000 hotels worldwide. Their product ecosystem includes everything from property management systems and point-of-sale solutions to data management and distribution platforms.

In Spain, Shiji maintains a major strategic hub in Barcelona, which serves as a center for product development, sales, and customer support for the EMEA region. The Barcelona office is known for its diverse, international environment, frequently hiring professionals for multilingual roles and global technical positions. For international hires, Shiji offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced tech environment within the travel industry, often supporting remote or hybrid work models and providing a gateway into the European hospitality tech market.

Founded in 1998 in China, Shiji Group began as a network systems integrator for the hospitality industry. It has since expanded globally through organic growth and strategic acquisitions of companies like ReviewPro and Concept Software.

For international professionals

Barcelona serves as a key European hub for Shiji, following the acquisition of local tech companies like ReviewPro.
The company frequently recruits for multilingual roles, requiring proficiency in languages such as Italian, German, or French alongside English.
Shiji offers a highly international work environment with teams distributed across multiple continents and time zones.
The Barcelona office focuses heavily on R&D and technical architecture, making it a prime location for software engineers and IT managers.
They support a modern work culture that often includes hybrid work arrangements and professional development opportunities.

This job was published 3 months ago

Junior Back-end Developer

Shiji Group

Requirements

Qualifications

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to demonstrate practical solutions.
Proficiency in English, with the ability to work and communicate comfortably in an international environment.
Knowledge of: html, xml, DOM, xpath.
You're not afraid of adapting, learning and working with different languages and frameworks.
Ability to solve programming problems, with an understanding of the impact of solutions in terms of algorithmic time and space complexity.
Collaborative working style, involving colleagues in important decisions and contributing to a culture of shared code ownership.

Nice to Have:

Knowledge of Python 3
Experience or familiarity with Java and tools/frameworks such as Spring, Scrapy, Scrapyd, and WebHarvest.

Benefits

Additional Information

Challenging and creative technology environment with a great deal of freedom and responsibility.
Growth and well-being through access to platforms like Pluralsight, GoodHabitz, and OpenUp.
Flexible work schedule/hybrid working model
Free coffee, fresh fruit at the office
Brand new office located in the center of Barcelona
International team and fantastic work environment
Team building activities and charity donation programs

Our technology stack:

Microservices based architecture running on Kubernetes.
Java, Python, and NodeJS.
Kafka, Elasticsearch, Mongo, Cassandra, and Mysql persistence.
MapReduce and stream-based data processing.

Original Advert

Company Description

Shiji is a global technology company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for the hospitality industry, ensuring seamless operations for hoteliers day and night.

Built on the Shiji Platform-the only truly global hotel technology platform-Shiji's cloud-based portfolio includes Property Management System, Point-of-Sale, guest engagement, distribution, payments, and data intelligence solutions for over 91,000 hotels worldwide, including the largest chains.

The best hotels run on Shiji-day and night.

Job Description

For our Barcelona office, our Engineering team is looking for a Junior Back-end Developer who is eager to learn in a collaborative environment.

What you'll do

Work with a talented team of engineers in data acquisition (scrape, process, validate and fix huge amount of data).
Maintain and create parts of a scraping platform
Take part in the modernization of a long-running platform, helping transform and improve a system that has supported our products for years.