Quick Summary
NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role. Candidates must be physically based within EMEA to facilitate collaboration with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not need to be in a specific country or city, but EMEA residency is required.
Hostaway is an industry-leading, AI-powered vacation rental management platform, trusted by over 20,000 property managers globally. Designed for professional short-term rental operators, Hostaway streamlines operations for greater efficiency and accelerated growth. As a profitable, high-growth company and the first short-term rental Property Management System (PMS) unicorn, we invite you to join us during this exciting phase.
About the role
As a Senior Backend Engineer on our dedicated AI Team, you will be instrumental in integrating advanced AI services into Hostaway’s product. Your work will transform raw data and models into polished, customer-facing features. You will primarily use Python to build robust APIs, services, and user interfaces in collaboration with Frontend engineers, making AI truly valuable for property managers and guests.
You will work closely with product and platform teams to ensure AI components seamlessly integrate into our SaaS ecosystem, from automation workflows to customer insights dashboards.
What you’ll do:
- Design and build services that integrate AI into customer-facing features.
- Develop performant and scalable APIs and backend services connecting 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 our AI integration stack (Python SDKs, MCP servers, LLM orchestration).
Requirements:
- 5+ years in backend engineering, ideally within a SaaS environment.
- 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 technology stacks.
- Strong collaboration skills, capable of integrating work with platform and product teams.
Nice to have: Experience with PHP + Golang.
What success looks like:
- AI-powered features are seamlessly embedded into Hostaway’s SaaS product.
- Customer workflows are smarter, faster, and more personalized due to your integrations.
- AI services are stable, observable, and easy to maintain.
- You become a go-to engineer for AI product integration across Hostaway.
What we offer
- Competitive Compensation: Pay based on market rates in the applicant's country.
- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere within your country of residence (EMEA).
- Equity: Valuable stock options in a fast-growing, profitable company.
- Values-Driven Leadership: Core Values guide daily strategic and tactical decisions.
- Professional Growth: Unparalleled learning, development, and career advancement opportunities due to rapid growth.
- Annual Paid Leave: Specific amounts vary by country, aligned with local norms.
- Geographic Specific Benefits: Country-specific benefits like Health Insurance and Pensions where customary.
- Dynamic Team Culture: A diverse, international team across 40+ countries fostering innovation and creativity.
Thank you for your interest. Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application against the role qualifications and those of other applicants, and you will receive an email regarding its status.