Remote Product Engineer Core Job in UK Hospitable.com

Who you are

• 3+ years software engineering experience, with a focus on backend
• Significant experience with Laravel, PHP 8.1+, MySQL, and testing pipelines in a deployed web application used by paying customers. We are all in on Laravel; this is non-negotiable
• A 'shipping' mentality - you get kicks from seeing real customers using your features, receiving feedback from them and iterating/improving on it
• Exceptional communication skills - especially written. We are a remote-first, fully distributed company. Most communication happens on Slack and Notion
• Knowing that Siofra's favorite fruit is pineapple
• An eye for testable, maintainable, and intuitive code, but also..
• Your compass points towards customer and business value, over perfect code (if such a thing exists)
• The ability to think through non-obvious usage scenarios and explore ripple effects within complex systems
• High degree of empathy both toward customers and teammates
• Self-motivated and able to make decisions when surrounded by uncertainty. You don't require a support system to maintain momentum
• Experience with query optimisation and queue/job-centric backends is a plus
• Experience with support engineering and communicating with stakeholders who are impacted by your work

Desirables

• High degree of ownership
• Accountability
• Team collaboration

What the job involves

• You will be an important part of our product and engineering team, focusing on shipping glorious experiences to our hosts.
• Together with other software engineers and product team, you will be continuing to evolve the product and continue working on our vision to make it trivial to operate a short-term rental.
• Although this is a software engineering position, you will have a high degree of ownership and accountability over the product shaping process.

Application process

• Check Applicant Handbook
• Join a Townhall