Senior Software Engineer

We’re builders, doers, and difference-makers, driven by a shared mission to reshape the tours, activities, and experiences industry. Alongside our sister brands, Checkfront and Regiondo, we power more than 20,000 businesses and support over $10B in bookings globally. Our technology helps operators thrive while delivering unforgettable moments to travelers around the world.

We work in an industry built on adventure, energy, and human connection, and that same spirit fuels how we show up every day. Spanning North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, our teams are united by bold goals, a bias for action, and an unwavering commitment to delivering for our customers.

Our success starts with people. Our teams are the engine behind everything we create. We value self-starters who take ownership, embrace challenges, and raise the bar, for themselves and those around them. We believe in creating space to grow, take risks, and make a real impact, and we celebrate those who lead with curiosity, grit, and drive.

If you’re passionate about performance, hungry to learn, and ready to help shape the future of travel—this is your kind of place. Let’s build, grow, and win together.

We’re hiring a high-level Senior or Staff Software Engineer to join Manifest, a new product being built in a high-autonomy, fast-moving environment.

The team operates with a lean process and a high degree of ownership. Engineers are expected to work effectively in ambiguity, collaborate directly with product and design partners, clarify requirements before writing code, and ship pragmatic, high-quality solutions with minimal oversight.
For this role, we are looking for a product-centric full-stack engineer with a strong front-end focus. You should be highly comfortable building polished, maintainable user experiences in React, and ideally have a strong eye for design, UX quality, and front-end architecture.
The team has established a solid foundation of front-end patterns, design principles, and product conventions. As our product matures, we need an engineer who can help carry that work forward: improving UI polish, strengthening front-end practices, and helping the team make thoughtful product and design decisions without relying on heavy process or dedicated design support.

This role is for an engineer who enjoys startup-mode execution: turning incomplete ideas into sensible plans, making good product and technical tradeoffs, and moving work forward with urgency and sound judgment.

We are open to hiring at either the Senior or Staff level depending on experience, scope, and demonstrated impact.

• Build polished, maintainable, user-centered product experiences using React and modern front-end patterns
• Help evolve the front-end architecture, component patterns, and UI conventions of the product
• Take loosely defined product ideas and turn them into clear, executable technical plans
• Ask sharp questions to clarify scope, constraints, edge cases, UX expectations, and customer impact
• Make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, quality, maintainability, product value, and UI polish
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders to move work forward
• Use modern development tools, including AI coding assistants, as a force multiplier while maintaining strong engineering judgment
• Contribute to a high-quality engineering culture through thoughtful code review, direct communication, and a bias toward action
• At the Staff level, raise the effectiveness of the wider team through technical leadership, stronger front-end patterns, better execution standards, and improved decision-making

• Have significant experience as a senior or staff-level software engineer on product-focused teams
• Are highly skilled with React, TypeScript, and modern front-end development
• Have strong product judgment and care deeply about user experience, interface quality, and the details that make software feel polished
• Can work effectively in environments where requirements are not always fully specified up front
• Know how to create clarity rather than waiting for it
• Can break down ambiguous problems into sensible increments and ship value quickly
• Write clean, maintainable code and care about quality, testing, and rollout risk
• Communicate directly and effectively, especially when surfacing tradeoffs, risks, or uncertainty
• Use AI coding tools thoughtfully and effectively, without outsourcing your judgment to them
• Thrive in a demanding environment that expects autonomy, initiative, and ownership

Front-end and Design Expectations
You should be comfortable reasoning about:

• React application structure and component design
• State management and frontend data flow
• UI consistency, reusable patterns, and design systems
• Accessibility, responsiveness, and interaction details
• Performance and maintainability in a growing product UI
• Translating product intent into a consistent, polished user experience
• Working without perfect design artifacts while still maintaining a high bar for quality

A formal design background is not required, but a strong design sensibility is highly valuable. We are looking for an engineer who can make sound UX decisions and help ensure the product feels coherent, thoughtful, and well-crafted.

When you join our team, you’re stepping into a culture built on momentum, ownership, and clarity of purpose. We move decisively, think boldly, and stay deeply connected to our customers and the people behind the work. Across all our brands, we believe meaningful impact comes from empowered teams, aligned priorities, and unwavering commitment.

Here’s what you can expect:

• High trust, real impact: You’ll have the autonomy and expectation to lead with ownership, tackle problems end-to-end, and make decisions that move the business forward in meaningful ways.
• Curiosity with discipline: We value asking sharp questions, challenging assumptions, and exploring smarter ways to work. We don’t just get things done, but to get them done right for our customers.
• One team, all in: Collaboration beats ego, wins are shared, and we rally together when the work gets tough.
• Space to grow: You’ll be supported and stretched, taking on challenges that build capability, sharpen judgment, and accelerate your growth as a leader and problem-solver.
• Progress with purpose: We move fast, stay focused on what truly matters, and prioritise long-term impact over quick fixes.

You’ll be joining a global team committed to building something that truly matters—and enjoying the ride along the way.

We’d be excited to have you with us. Together, let’s shape the future of the tourism industry.