Staff Engineer - Booking Engine

Summary

Join Hostaway, a leading SaaS company transforming the vacation rental industry, as a fully remote Fullstack Staff Engineer (Backend-focused). This role, driven by our continued growth and recent $365 million funding round, involves technical leadership within the Booking Engine team. You will collaborate with the Product Manager to define and build solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and extensibility. You'll work closely with your team, pair program, participate in design sessions, and address technical debt. The position requires significant experience in SaaS development and specific technologies. Hostaway offers competitive compensation, 100% remote work, equity, and professional growth opportunities.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in SaaS software development, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
• Expert-level proficiency in NodeJS, with a strong preference for TypeScript, and a solid understanding of PHP or a willingness to learn it to some extent
• Strong understanding of Frontend development concepts and practices
• Strong understanding of relational databases (like MySQL or PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with transitioning event-driven service-oriented architectures by applying Domain Driven Design (DDD) principles
• Strong experience with unit testing (using Jest or similar)
• Experience with Agile methodologies and CI/CD practices
• Ability to balance technical debt with delivering new features in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product Manager to define and build solutions
• Ensure scalability, security, and extensibility of solutions
• Work closely with your team, pair program, participate in design sessions, and address technical debt

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NoSQL databases (like DynamoDB or MongoDB)
• Experience building cloud-native apps, leveraging AWS-managed services
• Applying, coaching, and mentoring Extreme Programming (XP) agile practices
• Knowledge of containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and DevSecOps practices
• Experience working with marketing teams, building CRM systems, and promotion engines

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant
• 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. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one)
• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success
• Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions
• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities
• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms
• 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. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant
• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global 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)