Staff Backend Engineer - Accounting - 100% Remote - EMEA

We are looking for a delivery-focused Staff Backend Engineer to build our new Trust Accounting subsystem. This is a greenfield opportunity to design and deliver a financial system that property managers can trust—one that is accurate, compliant, and reliable.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years operating at a Staff Engineer or equivalent level.
• Deep Backend Expertise: High proficiency in a backend language like Go for building production-grade services.
• Production Experience: You've built, shipped, and operated critical backend systems that serve real users at scale. You understand the operational realities of reliability, observability, and failure modes.
• Strong Architectural Instincts: You can design systems that start simple and evolve gracefully, making pragmatic trade-offs between speed and extensibility.
• Experience with Accounting or Ledger Products: Familiarity with financial systems, accounting principles, or ledger products is a significant plus.
• Cross-Team Influence: You lead through clarity and credibility, not authority, and have successfully driven the adoption of platforms, patterns, or standards.
• Infrastructure Fluency: Comfortable with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and operating services in production.
• Polyglot Comfort: Hostaway’s product includes Go services, a PHP monolith, and a React frontend. You should have the curiosity and adaptability to integrate with code across these technologies.

Benefits

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