Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - 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.

Hostaway is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer in Test to join our team and drive our growth in the market.

Your Mission:

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test who champions quality and brings technical insight to every project, you will play a critical role in ensuring our products are reliable, secure and built for scale. With a deep understanding of modern testing methodologies, you evaluate technical designs, identify quality gaps early in the development cycle, and provide insightful feedback that strengthens our overall engineering approach.

Driven by data and metrics, you refine our testing and release strategies to ensure that robust testing frameworks and observability patterns are in place. You trust that these practices will catch potential issues early, empowering us to continuously release with confidence—even on a Friday.

You are accountable for the quality of our products, yet you make testing everyone’s responsibility by collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. You act as a catalyst for elevated testing practices while avoiding bottlenecks in the development process. Your focus is on enabling the team to deliver value through reliable, well-tested code, all the while fostering a culture of excellence and accountability. By ensuring that technical decisions align with our broader business objectives, you help drive continuous innovation and outstanding outcomes for our customers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in SaaS software development as an SDET

• You know how, and when to write tests at different levels: unit, integration, system

• Strong performance testing experience with tools like K6 or Artillery

• Excellent JavaScript and/or TypeScript skills

• Lots of experience building test tooling like mock servers, OpenAPI generated tests and clients, test data tooling, etc

• CI/CD tooling is second nature (such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)

• Good understanding of relational databases (such as MySQL or PostgreSQL)

• Familiarity with observability tools (such as DataDog or New Relic)

• Outstanding communication skills

Nice to have skills 

• Previous experience with PHP or the willingness to dive into current PHP business logic

• Experience in applying, coaching and mentoring

What we offer

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.

• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).

• Equity: Every role in our compan