We are looking for a self-driven passionate Senior Backend Developer to join
our growing team.
You would be a key backend developer working on our flagship product, the
Property Management Platform with a team of about a dozen other engineers,
quality assurance engineers, and product managers.
We're looking for someone who has a focus on quality and a sense of pride in
their work. This person should also be able to be assertive and also flexible,
while also being excited and curious about finding the best ways to solve
problems within the context of our business strategy. Communication and team
building skills are also key to success.
Hostfully is an award winning platform and company. The company won the
prestigious VRMB award for Best All Around Property Management Software for
short term and vacation rentals. and we also won the 2022 Shortyz Award for
Best Property Management System. Hostfully’s Guidebooks are also known as the
industry’s best-in-class solution for the guest experience. We are disrupting
the vacation rental industry with new technology that transforms the lives of
our customers. We are preferred partner of Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com and
are also integrated with over 60 software partners including Stripe, Paypal
and Google.
Hostfully is a market leader when it comes to employee satisfaction. We are a
remote-first company and pride ourselves on creating a great place to work,
where people are given flexibility around their work habits. We are
intentional with meetings and don't overschedule ourselves. We celebrate not
just team wins but also life "wins" like birthdays and major life events
including new children in the family. Our employee net promoter score is over
80 for 10 quarters running. (For reference, industry standards have "good" at
15 and "best" at 40). We are also a climate positive company and have been for
the last three years and also have won the VRMA industry award for Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion.
Our customers are short term rental and vacation rental managers who manage
between 5-1,000 properties. They rely on Hostfully’s platform to run their
business, including:
* Instant distribution across leading bookings platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Google
* Streamline and automate operations
* Automate and ease communications with travelers and owners
We are looking for a self-driven developer to build our products -- making
them more powerful and easier to use for our customers. A successful candidate
will have a solid experience building web services using Java. Your main goals
will be to join together with the team in increasing development velocity. You
will take ownership of a few key components in the system that are essential
for customers and your work will make a real impact on the business. We’re
looking for an entrepreneurial individual who thrives on challenges and is
looking for an opportunity to take their experience to the next level.
What You Will Do:
* Work with a great team of senior developers to improve the Hostfully Property Management Platform
* Take ownership of a few key components of the system
* Participate in agile ceremonies
* Build for scale, stability and performance
Skills Required:
* 5+ years of Java 11 or newer
* 3+ years working with web services
Nice To Have:
* Solid SQL / relational database experience
* DevOps using Docker and Kubernetes
About You:
* Passionate about solving world-changing problems in the vacation rental industry
* Enjoy being part of a dynamic, fast-growing startup
* Take ownership of your work
* Appreciate process and communication
What We Offer:
* Remote work
* Generous vacation
* Flexible working hours
* Generous maternity and paternity leave
* Equity benefits
* We cover business travel expenses
* Solve big, challenging problems in a stimulating, dynamic environment
* Work closely with a tight-knit team
Ideal Candidate
* Fluent English with solid oral and written communication skills
* Familiar with Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, Bitbucket, SQL, AWS
* Enthusiasm for receiving, sharing and acting on feedback
* Passion for working closely with a small team to collaborate and drive personal improvement
Hostfully's co-founders are based in San Francisco and we are a completely
remote team. For this role, we are searching for someone who is near the EST
timezone, or in Europe to make it easier to schedule and plan meetings. Our
development team is located in the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
France, Poland, Kosovo, the Czech Republic, Turkey.
We do not not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity,
disability, or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by law.
Hostfully focuses on B2B, Hospitality, Vacation Rentals, and Travel & Tourism.
Their company has offices in San Francisco and Remote. They have a mid-size
team that's between 51-200 employees. To date, Hostfully has raised $6.89M of
funding; their latest round was closed on March 2022.
You can view their website at <https://www.hostfully.com> or find them on
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/hostfully_),
[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/hostfully/), and
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostfully-inc-).
