Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Lodging

The Role

The Lodging team owns the entire backend behind Engine's highest-demand vertical: Search, Integrations, and Bookings. Three systems, one team, one set of priorities. Node.js powers Search and Integrations; Kotlin runs Bookings.

The business is scaling fast. Our Partner API is live and large external companies are integrating directly with Engine — which means moving business logic out of the frontend and building clean backend wrappers our partners can rely on. Work varies week to week: a pricing team request one week, a new supplier integration the next, a tricky data bug after that. High volume, high stakes, real ownership.

What You'll Do

• Contribute across all three backend systems: Search, Integrations, and Bookings
• Build and maintain business logic for the Partner API integration layer
• Handle cross-team requests from Pricing, FinTech, Content, and Data — clarifying scope, driving to solutions
• Partner closely with the PM, frontend lodging team, and supplier integrations lead
• Own projects end to end: surface blockers, keep things moving, deliver

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development (Claude, Cursor, or equivalent) — we're expanding AI use across engineering
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred)
• Strong SQL and relational database fundamentals
• A self-directed working style — you don't need daily direction; you find the work and drive it forward
• Comfort with ambiguity — cross-team requests rarely arrive neatly scoped, and you know how to ask the right questions
• Adaptable to shifting priorities — lodging moves fast, and plans change

Nice to Have:

• Node.js or Kotlin experience (either is a strong plus given the stack)