Cloudbedsthirdpartyboard

Cloudbedsthirdpartyboard

Senior Backend Engineer

Canada · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago
PHPLaravelCode ReviewGitAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesMachine LearningAgileJiraConfluenceTest AutomationCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingTime Management

About the role

  • And we do it with a completely remote team.
  • 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.
  • You'll work on systems where correctness, latency, and resilience under load are core to the job, not afterthoughts.

Responsibilities

  • As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Booking Engine squad, you'll implement new architectures, features, and best practices to scale the Cloudbeds platform, contributing to our ongoing move toward a service-oriented architecture using modern SaaS and AWS technologies across the stack.
  • Direct bookings are one of the most valuable channels we can win for a property, and we're constantly building new and innovative ways to help them capture that demand, from richer customization to entirely new booking experiences.
  • It's one of our highest-leverage products, and if you want to own real software used around the world, this is a great team to build on.
  • Strong knowledge of and a passion for software best practices, design patterns, and testing, including test automation across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels
  • At Cloudbeds, we're not just building software, we're transforming hospitality.
  • Our intelligently designed platform powers across 150 countries, processing billions in bookings annually.
  • From independent to hotel groups, we help hoteliers transform operations and uplevel their commercial strategy through a unified platform that integrates with hundreds of partners.
  • Imagine working alongside global innovators to build AI-powered solutions that solve hoteliers' biggest challenges.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of PHP web application software engineering experience
  • Expert knowledge of relational databases, indexing, and searching technologies
  • Experience with API-driven design and development
  • Design and implement features and improvements in PHP
  • Design and build the APIs and integrations the booking flow depends on
  • Model and evolve the data behind availability, pricing, and reservations
  • Own the performance, scalability, and reliability of our services at scale
  • Contribute to the ongoing initiative to migrate our core platform into microservices and event-driven services
  • Lead discussions on complex technical concepts and requirements with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, drive technical decisions, and contribute to the backend architecture group
  • Write clean, well-tested, well-documented, and elegant code, including documentation for new and existing areas of our application
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan, build, and ship high-quality features
  • Mentor team members through pair programming and code reviews
  • Re-architect and refactor existing systems, and help design the long-term vision for our technology and component architectures

Skills

  • Experience with PHP frameworks (Laravel or Symfony)
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
  • Experience designing and building microservices
  • Experience working with AI coding tools like Claude Code
  • Experience working with a remote-first, globally distributed team
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, and GitHub
  • Travel industry experience (a plus, but definitely not required!)

Compensation

  • Our intelligently designed platform powers across 150 countries, processing billions in bookings annually.

Benefits

  • PTO in accordance with local labor requirements
  • Monthly Wellness Fridays - enjoy an extra long weekend every month
  • Full Paid Parental Leave
  • Home office stipend based on country of residency

Company info

  • Best All-In-One Hotel Management System | HotelTechAwards (2025)
  • Overall 10 Best Places to Work | HotelTechAwards (2025)
  • Most Loved Workplace® Certified (2024)
  • Top 10 People's Choice(2024)
  • Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (2024)
  • Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Cloudbeds.
  • Staffing, recruiting agencies, and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit applications, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited.
  • Cloudbeds does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies.
  • Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Cloudbeds employees, or any other company location.
  • Cloudbeds is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
  • Your goal is to deliver an exceptional experience to customers around the world, with quality, performance, and scalability top of mind.
  • This role is part of the Booking Engine Squad, the team behind the guest-facing reservation experience that powers direct bookings for tens of thousands of Cloudbeds worldwide.
  • Good product sense and empathy for our customers
  • As part of this commitment, Cloudbeds will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates the diversity in our global team!
  • Cloudbeds will provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter where needed as a reasonable accommodation for the hiring processes.

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