Staff Backend Engineer in London

At Cloudbeds, we're not just building software, we're transforming hospitality. Our intelligently designed platform powers properties across 150 countries, processing billions in bookings annually. From independent properties to hotel groups, we help hoteliers transform operations and uplevel their commercial strategy through a unified platform that integrates with hundreds of partners. And we do it with a completely remote team.

Imagine working alongside global innovators to build AI-powered solutions that solve hoteliers' biggest challenges. 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.

How You'll Make an Impact

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will help deliver an exceptional product experience to our customers all around the world. This could be for hotel guests, creating a user experience that makes travelers feel welcome, comfortable, and inspired to share the joy of travel with others. Or it could be for our accommodation providers, building trusted, simple, easy-to-use features to support key aspects of their daily business. Helping nearly 10,000 properties globally to process billions in transactions every year.

Our Payments Team

At Cloudbeds, our Payments tribe builds the systems that keep money moving securely, efficiently, and globally for thousands of our customers. We love solving complex, interconnected problems, integrating with global partner APIs, designing for compliance and security, and constantly iterating on better, more scalable payment solutions. Working on Cloudbeds Payments means joining a supportive, collaborative group of engineers who are building the financial backbone of the industry, together.

What You Bring to the Team

• Develop in the existing codebase using Java and PHP
• Lead discussions on complex technical concepts and requirements with both technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
• Ownership mindset: You take responsibility for the quality and reliability of your contributions, collaborating closely with peers to design, build, and operate systems together.
• Technical excellence: You write clean, maintainable, and well‐tested code. Caring deeply about system quality, performance, and scalability.
• Assist in researching new technologies to ensure the best fit, quality, and outcome.
• Security and compliance awareness: You understand the importance of PCI, data privacy, and secure‐by‐design principles in payment systems.
• Continuous learning: You're curious about how things connect across the platform, eager to learn from peers.
• Mentor to other engineers
• Strategic thinking: You see beyond the task, understanding how architectural decisions impact scalability, costs, and long‐term flexibility.

What Sets You Up for Success

• 7+ years of web application software engineering experience of Java (Spring)
• 3+ years of PHP (preferred) or other programming languages, e.g., Python
• 5+ years of production experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL, with a track record of optimizing database performance for high‐volume applications
• 3+ years of experience in designing and developing event‐driven services
• Hands‐on experience with IaC (ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Terraform), AWS, Kafka
• Experience in the Payments domain
• Experience within an organization that focused on high availability, scalability, security, automation, and observability.
• A strong business sense and ability to collaborate with leadership and non‐technical stakeholders on highly visible projects.
• Dedication towards observability by leveraging metrics, experiments, and prototypes to ensure decisions are data‐driven.
• Strong knowledge and a passion for software engineering best practices, design patterns, and automated testing.

Bonus Skills to Stand Out (Optional)

• Experience in engineering software for large‐scale solutions, utilizing modern tooling to get you there
• Experience with large-scale Domain Driven Design
• Solid understanding of secure software engineering with experience in regulated environments; familiarity with PCI‐DSS, similar compliance frameworks preferred.
• Experience working with a remote‐first and globally distributed team

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the location where the position is located without requiring visa sponsorship. At this time, Cloudbeds is unable to provide sponsorship for work visas.

What to Expect – Your Journey with Us

Behind Cloudbeds' revolutionary technology is a team redefining what's possible in hospitality. We're 650+ employees across 40+ countries, bringing together elite engineers, AI architects, world‐class designers, and hospitality veterans to solve challenges others haven't dared to tackle. Our diverse team speaks 30+ languages, but we all share one language: a passion for innovation and travel. From pioneering breakthroughs in machine learning to revolutionizing how hotels operate, we're not just watching the future of hospitality unfold – we're coding it, designing it, writing it and shipping it. If you're ready to work alongside some of the brightest minds in tech who are obsessed with using AI to transform a trillion‐dollar industry, this is your chance to be part of something extraordinary.

Cloudbeds is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates the diversity in our global team! We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Cloudbeds is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Cloudbeds will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process.