NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within the European region to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. Trusted by 20,000+ property managers worldwide, Hostaway is an industry leading, AI-powered vacation rental management platform designed for professional short-term rental operators. Profitable, high-growth, and the first short-term rental Property Management System unicorn. Join us at our most exciting stage yet!
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About The
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RoleHostaway is seeking a highly motivated Staff Backend Engineer to join the Core team. This team is responsible for the integrations with our key partners (Online Travel Agencies).
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Staff
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Engineers are expected to govern the technical maturity for their respective domain, having a clear view of the architectural challenges and how to remediate them over time. Together, you'll break down complex projects into manageable tasks and drive continuous improvement in our engineering practices. 6+ years of experience in SaaS software development, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. Expert-level proficiency in any backend language or platform, with a strong willingness to dive deep into PHP + Go, as these are the primary languages we use in this domain. Strong understanding of relational databases (like MySQL or PostgreSQL).
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Experience in designing and developing RESTful web APIs. Strong experience in writing Unit Tests and Integration Tests (jest or something similar).
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Experience working in a Cloud environment (AWS is a plus). AWS SQS) is a plus. English language level C1.
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Experience with NoSQL databases (like DynamoDB or MongoDB).
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Experience building cloud native apps, leveraging AWS managed services. Having used PHP in the past or not afraid to dive into some of the current PHP business logic. Applying, coaching and mentoring Extreme Programming (XP) agile practices. Front-end experience with React and micro-frontends. Knowledge of containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and DevSecOps practices.
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An Average
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Day for a Staff Engineer 10:30‐14:00 Pairing with one of your team members to work on a complex scalability issue together and grabbing a quick bite to re‐fuel those pesky braincells in‐between coding sessions! 14:00‐15:00 Doing a design session with the Product Manager and UX designer for a large upcoming feature that the team should pick up next week. You create a brief Jira ticket and tag the Product Manager to help get it prioritised and to ensure it is not forgotten. You also ping the ticket to one of the other domains' tech leads, as you recall them mentioning a similar problem existing in another domain team. 16:00‐16:30 Quick catch‐up with the Engineering Manager on the team's delivery reliability and how you can help keep Work in Progress (WIP) and Pull Request (PR) review time to a minimum. 16:30‐18:00 Talking about PR's, there are actually still a few open. There are some great solutions offered, but one of the junior engineers introduced some code that is difficult to maintain and is lacking unit tests. You jump on a quick call with them to explain the issues and why it matters. 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co‐working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. Just don't ask to work in our office (we don't have one).
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Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract‐specific norms.
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Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country‐specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. As a integral company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).