Senior Backend Engineer, Developer Experience - 100% Remote - 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. 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.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in SaaS software development (production live product)
• Proficiency in Go, with a track record of building and operating production Go services; working knowledge of PHP is a plus (our existing platform runs on it)
• Deep experience with authentication and authorisation concepts: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT/session management, RBAC/ABAC, multi-tenancy
• Experience defining architectural patterns, reference implementations, or shared libraries that other engineering teams adopt and depend on
• Experience designing and developing RESTful web APIs, especially APIs consumed by other internal teams
• Familiarity with event-driven and service-oriented architectures; comfort applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles
• Experience migrating or evolving foundational systems without breaking downstream consumers
• Proficiency in monitoring and supporting production software
• Experience working in a Cloud environment (AWS is a plus)
• Experience with message queues (e.g., AWS SQS) is a plus
• English language level C1

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• 100% Remote
• Equity
• Values-Driven Leadership
• Professional Growth
• Annual Paid Leave
• Geographic Specific Benefits
• Dynamic Team Culture