Key Facts

Remote From:

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

TypeScript Microservices Go (Programming Language) PHP (Scripting Language) Service Component Architecture Code Testing Observability Authentication Servers Toolkits Reliability Engineering +13 more

Other Skills

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Communication
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Teamwork

Roles & Responsibilities

Strong backend development experience with PHP, Go, and TypeScript.
Experience building APIs, services, and developer tooling with emphasis on observability and reliability.
Experience decomposing monoliths into bounded contexts and modular architectures.
Familiarity with authentication/authorization platforms, CI/CD practices, and testing (unit, integration, contract).

Requirements:

Contribute to the new authentication/authorization platform alongside Staff Engineers.
Help modularise and extract bounded contexts from the monolith into well-defined services.
Build and maintain APIs, contracts, and service templates with observability baked in.
Ensure high code quality with unit, integration, and contract testing.

Hostaway

Computer Software / SaaS

About Hostaway

Hostaway is the world's leading vacation rental management software, perfect for those with 2 to 1,000+ listings. We make it easy for you to get more out of your business while spending less time with tedious manual tasks. What we offer: - Channel Manager - Property Management System - Messaging Services - Mobile Apps - User Management - Booking Engine - Revenue Management - Dynamic Pricing - API Our dedicated team brings their deep experience of the sector to the forefront, giving you continual insight into how best to run your business anywhere in the world. More bookings. Less hassle.

Company type: Scaleup

Industry: Computer Software / SaaS

Founded: 2018

Company size: 201 - 500

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Job description

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within EMEA to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within EMEA.

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. Hostaway brings everything together for greater efficiency and faster growth.

Profitable, high-growth, and the first short-term rental Property Management System unicorn 🦄. Join us at our most exciting stage yet! Learn more about our recent valuation and story here.

About the role:

As a Senior Backend Engineer in our Developer Experience team, you’ll work on building the next generation of platform services and developer tooling at Hostaway. You will help extract functionality from the monolith, implement PHP, Go, and TypeScript based services, and ensure new services are reliable, observable, and easy to consume.

Your impact will span across standardising service templates, implementing new services, APIs, and CI/CD practices – setting the stage for Hostaway’s future scalability.

What You’ll Do:

Contribute to the new authentication/authorisation platform alongside Staff Engineers.
Help modularise and extract bounded contexts from the monolith into well-defined services.
Work on Hostaway’s architectural standards.
Build and maintain APIs, contracts, and service templates with observability baked in.
Ensure high code quality with unit, integration, and contract testing.
Collaborate with platform engineers, security, and product teams to deliver cross-cutting capabilities.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions.