Senior Backend Engineer, Booking Platform

Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using PHP and Go to support high-traffic booking and guest-facing platforms.


• Lead and contribute to the extraction of services from monolithic systems, defining clear ownership boundaries, migration strategies, and resilient architectures.


• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Frontend teams to deliver features that improve booking experiences, conversion rates, and platform usability.


• Build and maintain clean, scalable APIs for both traditional integrations and AI-driven or automated interfaces.


• Optimize system performance, reliability, uptime, and page speed to ensure seamless customer interactions across booking flows.


• Participate in architectural planning and technical decision-making to support long-term scalability and operational efficiency.


• Leverage AI-powered development tools to accelerate delivery, improve workflows, and maintain high engineering standards.


• Contribute to a collaborative engineering culture focused on innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience with strong software engineering fundamentals.


• Proven expertise developing production-grade applications using PHP, along with experience in Go or the ability to quickly ramp up.


• Strong experience building and operating high-traffic, customer-facing systems with scalability and reliability requirements.


• Demonstrated experience decomposing monoliths and implementing service-oriented or distributed architectures.


• Solid understanding of API design principles, including REST, GraphQL, versioning, and integration best practices.


• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or similar technologies integrated into engineering workflows.


• Experience working within product-oriented SaaS environments and collaborating cross-functionally with design and product teams.


• Knowledge of Node.js, React, or modern frontend ecosystems is considered a plus.


• Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to balance speed and technical quality.

• Competitive compensation based on local market benchmarks.


• Equity participation through stock options in a rapidly growing and profitable company.


• Fully remote work flexibility across the EMEA region.


• Freedom to work from home, coworking spaces, or any productive environment within your country of residence.


• Career development and learning opportunities within a high-growth international SaaS organization.


• Annual paid leave aligned with country-specific regulations and standards.


• Access to country-specific healthcare, pension, and additional employment benefits where applicable.


• Collaborative global culture with teammates across more than 40 countries.


• Access to premium AI development tools and modern engineering resources to support productivity and innovation.

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