Senior Backend Engineer
Backend Engineer
Posted Aug 14 (78 days ago) · Last updated Oct 31 · Open 78 days, longer than the usual 32 for this role
Key facts
Senior Backend Engineer needed to build integrations for hosting platform. 6+ years, PHP or Go, API design, cloud, AI tooling. Remote in EMEA.
How this salary compares
Estimated €3,693 - €4,844Benchmarked against senior roles
Too few postings state a salary to show this.
| Market | Lower bound (25th percentile) | Median | Upper bound (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|
| senior roles | €3,833 per month | €5,570 per month | €7,770 per month |
| This offer | €3,693 per month | €4,269 per month | €4,844 per month |
Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation group “Software developers” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. Job ads only set the differences by place and level. · Data and reuse
Est. take-home €2,756 - €3,353
Where and how
RemoteSenior
- Field
- Software engineering
- Languages required
- English
- Experience
- 6 years experience
Original job ad
As published by Hostaway
NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within EMEA to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within 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. Hostaway brings everything together for greater efficiency and faster growth. Profitable, high-growth, and the first short-term rental property management software unicorn 🦄. Join us at our most exciting stage yet! Learn more about our recent valuation and story here.
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About the role
Summarised by JobCrawls from the job ad above.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer
- Strong proficiency in PHP and/or Golang
- Proven experience designing and operating high-traffic, customer-facing systems
- Experience decomposing monoliths or extracting services
- Designing APIs (REST, GraphQL) with clarity and versioning
- Familiarity with Domain Driven Design (DDD)
- Comfortable using AI coding tools
- Experience with AWS or cloud environments
- Experience with message queues (e.g., AWS SQS) is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate backend services in PHP and Go
- Drive extraction of services out of monoliths with clear boundaries
- Collaborate with Product Manager to shape technical direction
- Design APIs for AI agents and automated workflows
- Improve page speed and end-to-end performance
- Contribute to high-level architectural decisions
- Leverage AI to accelerate code delivery
Skills & technologies
PHPGolangRESTGraphQLAWSSQSDDDAI ToolsMonolith Decomposition
Benefits & perks
Recruitment process
- Apply online
- Screening call
- Technical interview
- Offer and onboarding
About Hostaway
Hostaway · 6 open roles
Top locations (all time): Remote - Global · 34 · Remote - Europe · 20 · Remote - EMEA · 18 · +33 other locations
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 34 |
| Remote - Europe | 20 |
| Remote - EMEA | 18 |
| Rome, Italy | 8 |
| Bucharest, Romania | 8 |
| Helsinki, Finland | 8 |
| Paris, France | 8 |
| Warsaw, Poland | 8 |
| Berlin, Germany | 8 |
| Prague, Czechia | 8 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | 8 |
| Dublin, Ireland | 8 |
| Athens, Greece | 8 |
| Riga, Latvia | 8 |
| London, United Kingdom | 8 |
| Vilnius, Lithuania | 8 |
| Zagreb, Croatia | 8 |
| Tallinn, Estonia | 8 |
| Lisbon, Portugal | 8 |
| Barcelona, Spain | 7 |
| Vienna, Austria | 7 |
| Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 |
| Brussels, Belgium | 4 |
| Cape Town, South Africa | 3 |
| Yerevan, Armenia | 3 |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 3 |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 3 |
| Budapest, Hungary | 3 |
| Belgrade, Serbia | 3 |
| Rabat, Morocco | 3 |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| Istanbul, Türkiye | 2 |
| Tbilisi, Georgia | 2 |
| Tibilisi, Georgia | 1 |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 1 |
| Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Backend Engineer | 12 |
| Product Designer | 7 |
| Sales Development Representative | 7 |
| Product Manager | 4 |
| Technical Support Specialist | 3 |
| Frontend Engineer | 3 |
| Sales Manager | 3 |
| Frontend Developer | 2 |
| Engineering Manager | 2 |
| Staff Engineer | 2 |
| Full Stack Engineer | 2 |
| Fullstack Engineer | 2 |
| Account Executive | 2 |
| Customer Success Manager | 2 |
| Principal Engineer | 1 |
| Lead AI GTM Engineer | 1 |
| Enablement Operations | 1 |
| AI Software Engineer | 1 |
| Manager | 1 |
| Product Manager - Payments | 1 |
| Head of Product Analytics | 1 |
| Engineer | 1 |
| GEO/SEO Senior Manager | 1 |
| Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript) | 1 |
| Sales Engineer | 1 |
| Product Manager, Property Management AI | 1 |
| Internal AI Tools Specialist | 1 |
| GTM Enablement Specialist | 1 |
| DevOps Engineer | 1 |
| Enterprise Onboarding Specialist | 1 |
| Product Manager - Communications | 1 |
| Partner Success Manager | 1 |
| Customer Onboarding | 1 |
| Senior Director of Content and Brand | 1 |
| Product Manager - AI (Property) | 1 |
| AI/ML Data Engineer | 1 |
| Salesforce Administrator | 1 |
| Product Operations Manager | 1 |
| Staff Product Manager | 1 |
| Partner Integrations Manager | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Senior | 37 |
| Manager | 17 |
| Mid-Level | 16 |
| Junior | 7 |
| Director | 1 |
| Executive | 1 |