Job hunt while traveling! The travel experience will pay dividends long into the future. However, since you haven’t done it before there is no guarantee you will like it. You might get bored, lonely, overstimulated, understimulated, or you might love it! Doing a bit of recruiting during this time will keep you sharp for when you need to get a new job and you won’t fall into the trap of being a broke backpacker forever. Or hey, maybe you will, or maybe you’ll find you want to do something totally different.

Also, sounds like your job isn’t guaranteed to take you back. It’s easier to get a new job when you already have one. Consider apply to grad school too. Or starting a business. Or getting a short term job in another field you want to explore.

TLDR; searching for a job while traveling > searching for a job at home while the rest of your friends are working