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Senior Backend Engineer - AI Platform

Hostaway
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · EMEA
Experience
Senior · 5+ years

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer on Hostaway's AI Team, focused on integrating AI services into the company's vacation rental management SaaS product. The role builds Python APIs, services and UIs that turn models and data into customer-facing AI features.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time
Work mode
Remote · EMEA

What you'll do

  • Design and build services that integrate AI into customer-facing features
  • Develop performant and scalable APIs and backend services that connect AI outputs to SaaS functionality
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to create intuitive AI-driven user experiences
  • Partner with platform and integration teams to embed AI into existing systems and workflows
  • Implement observability, monitoring, and error handling for AI services in production
  • Contribute to evolving the AI integration stack (Python SDKs, MCP servers, LLM orchestration)

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years in backend engineering, ideally SaaS
  • Strong Python proficiency
  • Experience with REST APIs and SaaS integrations
  • Familiarity with LLM/AI tools (LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, MCP servers)
  • Comfortable working alongside Python-based AI services and bridging stacks
  • Strong collaboration skills - able to integrate work with platform and product teams

Nice to have

  • Experience with PHP + Golang

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant
  • 100% Remote: no physical offices; work from home office, co-working space, or anywhere in your country of residence
  • Yearly team offsite: once a year, every department gets together in person
  • Equity: stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company
  • Values-driven leadership
  • Professional growth and career advancement opportunities
  • Annual paid leave, varying by country and aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms
  • Geographic specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions where customary
  • Dynamic team culture with team members in over 40 countries

How to get hired

  1. 1Application reviewed by the Talent Acquisition team alongside the qualifications for the role and of other applicants; applicants receive an email after review

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About Hostaway

AI-powered vacation rental management platform

Hostaway is an industry leading, AI-powered vacation rental management platform designed for professional short-term rental operators, trusted by 20,000+ property managers worldwide. It brings everything together for greater efficiency and faster growth. Profitable, high-growth, and the first short-term rental Property Management System unicorn.

Key facts

  • Vacation rental management software (SaaS)
  • Trusted by 20,000+ property managers worldwide
  • Profitable, high-growth company
  • First short-term rental Property Management System unicorn
  • No physical offices
  • Team members in over 40 countries

What they value

  • Core Values leveraged daily in strategic and tactical decisions