Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

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At Cloudbeds, we’re not just building software, we’re transforming hospitality. Our intelligently designed platform powers properties across 150 countries, processing billions in bookings annually. From independent properties to hotel groups, we help hoteliers transform operations and uplevel their commercial strategy through a unified platform that integrates with hundreds of partners. And we do it with a completely remote team. Imagine working alongside global innovators to build AI‑powered solutions that solve hoteliers’ biggest challenges.

Since our founding in 2012, we’ve become the World’s Best Hotel PMS Solutions Provider and landed on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 again in 2024 – but we’re just getting started.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help deliver an exceptional product experience to our customers all around the world. This could be for hotel guests, creating a user experience that makes travelers feel welcome, comfortable, and inspired to share the joy of travel with others, or it could be for our accommodation providers, building trusted, simple, easy‑to‑use features to support key aspects of their daily business.

Helping nearly 10,000 properties globally process billions in transactions every year.

At Cloudbeds, our Payments tribe builds the systems that keep money moving securely, efficiently, and globally for thousands of our customers. We love solving complex, interconnected problems, integrating with global partner APIs, designing for compliance and security, and constantly iterating on better, more scalable payment solutions.

Ownership mindset:
You take responsibility for the quality and reliability of your contributions, collaborating closely with peers to design, build, and operate systems together. Technical excellence:
You write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code. Caring deeply about system quality, performance, and scalability. Craftsmanship:
You’re skilled at integrating with complex partner APIs and designing resilient, secure interfaces for payment systems. Security and compliance awareness:
You understand the importance of PCI, data privacy, and secure‑by‑design principles in payment systems. Collaboration under pressure:
You thrive in problem‑solving moments, communicate clearly, and contribute to quick resolutions. Continuous learning:
You’re curious about how things connect across the platform, eager to learn from peers, and open to sharing your own knowledge. Strategic thinking:
You see beyond the task, understanding how architectural decisions impact scalability, costs, and long‑term flexibility.

• 5+ years of PHP web application software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of experience working with MySQL or Postgre
  
  SQL; tuning and optimization skills are preferred.
• 1+ years of experience designing and developing event‑driven microservices in either PHP or Java.
• Experience with modern infrastructure tooling (e.g., Data Dog, Git Hub Actions, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Terraform, ArgoCD).
• A strong business sense and ability to collaborate with leadership and non‑technical stakeholders on highly visible projects.
• Dedication toward observability by leveraging metrics, experiments, and prototypes to ensure decisions are data‑driven.
• Strong knowledge and a passion for software engineering best practices, design patterns, and automated testing.

• Solid understanding of secure software engineering with experience in regulated environments; familiarity with PCI‑DSS, similar compliance frameworks preferred.
• Experience engineering software for large‑scale solutions, utilizing modern tooling to get you there, and experience with large‑scale Domain‑Driven Design.
• Experience in the Payments domain and/or travel industry.

Behind Cloudbeds’ revolutionary technology is a team redefining what’s possible in hospitality. We’re 650+ employees across 40+ countries, bringing together elite engineers, AI…