Senior Backend PHP Software Engineer

Summary

Join Cloudbeds as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to the development and scaling of our hospitality platform. You will implement new architectures, features, and best practices, focusing on service-oriented architectures and leveraging cutting-edge technologies. The goal is to deliver an exceptional customer experience through quality, performance, and scalability. As part of the Inventory team, you will work on core systems powering hotel rates and availability. You will help shape technical discussions, write clean and well-documented code, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires significant backend software engineering experience, expertise in relational databases, and a passion for data-informed development. Cloudbeds offers a remote-first work environment and various benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience using object-oriented principles in PHP
• 2+ years of experience with one or more modern frameworks or ecosystems (e.g., Laravel, Symfony, or similar)
• A strong business sense and ability to collaborate with leadership and non-technical stakeholders on highly visible projects
• Expert knowledge of relational, indexing, and searching technologies, especially MySQL
• A passion for data-informed development, including metrics, experimentation, and rapid prototyping
• Strong knowledge and passion for software architecture, design patterns, and testing practices
• Business-level English fluency required (verbal and written)

Responsibilities

• Implement new architectures, features, and best practices to scale the Cloudbeds platform
• Contribute to new efforts in service-oriented architectures, leveraging the latest, cutting edge technologies
• Deliver an exceptional experience to our customers all around the world with quality, performance, and scalability top of mind
• Leverage latest, modern SaaS and Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies across all layers of the software stack
• Play a key role in evolving Cloudbeds’ core architecture for hotel rates and availability
• Help shape and lead technical discussions around complex systems and domain logic, working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders as a contributor to the backend architecture group
• Write clean, well-tested, well-documented, and maintainable code
• Contribute to the ongoing migration of our core platform toward a modern, microservices-based architecture
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and deliver scalable, high-quality features
• Champion engineering excellence by promoting best practices in code quality, architecture, and team processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with complex data structures and/or inventory cache system
• Experience designing and building microservices using PHP
• Experience with gRPC and protobuf
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
• Experience working with a remote-first and globally distributed team

Benefits

• Remote First, Remote Always
• PTO in accordance with local labor requirements
• 2 corporate apartment accommodations for team member use for free (San Diego & São Paulo)
• Full Paid Parental Leave
• Home office stipend based on country of residency
• Professional development courses in Cloudbeds University
• Access provided to professional Therapy and Coaching
• Access to professional development, including manager training, upskilling and knowledge transfer