Staff Fullstack Engineer - 100% Remote - Europe

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within the European region 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 the European region.

Hostaway is the market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry.

As a profitable and growing company, this role is necessitated by our continued growth. Check out more about our recent funding round of $365 million here.

About the role

We’re looking for a Staff Fullstack Engineer to lead the evolution of our Booking Engine—the core product powering direct bookings, guest portals, upsells, SEO, and conversion flows. This pivotal technical leadership role will ensure our Booking Engine is scalable, extensible, and delivers a delightful, high-performing experience for property managers and their guests.

As a Staff Engineer, you’ll work closely with Product and Engineering Managers, Engineers, and Designers to connect business problems, technical architecture, and user experience. You’ll lead the technical design and implementation of user-facing booking flows, balancing backend scalability with frontend performance and polish. Your responsibilities will include:

• Working across the stack: backend services (Node.js, PHP), frontend experiences (React, TypeScript), and database systems.

• Collaborating with Product and Design to define problems clearly and create solutions prioritizing user experience.

• Driving architectural improvements that enhance maintainability and developer velocity.

• Mentoring and coaching engineers, fostering a product-focused mindset in the team.

• Influencing engineering practices across teams, especially around quality, accessibility, and performance.

You’ll guide your team toward solutions that improve customer outcomes while ensuring the Booking Engine remains a robust and innovative platform.

What Success Looks Like

• Guests experience faster, smoother booking flows, leading to higher conversion rates.

• The Booking Engine earns a reputation as one of the most user-friendly and reliable parts of the Hostaway platform.

• Your leadership sets new standards for product-driven engineering.

• Other engineers seek your guidance on building customer-facing experiences.

Requirements

• Customer and product focus is central to this role—success depends on understanding user needs, collaborating cross-functionally, and delivering solutions that create real value for customers and the business.

• Strong skills in either frontend or backend, with comfort and willingness to work across our stack backend services (Node.js, PHP), frontend experiences (React, TypeScript)

• 6+ years of SaaS software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or staff-level role.

• Track record of building customer-facing features that drive measurable product outcomes (e.g., improved conversions, reduced friction).

• Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design to shape user flows.

• Strong grasp of relational databases, testing, and CI/CD.

• Curiosity, adaptabilit