Senior Software Engineer (Remote - Europe)

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Europe.

This role provides the opportunity to work on a high-scale, cloud-based platform used by hospitality properties worldwide. You will join a fully remote, collaborative team to design, implement, and maintain key features that directly impact customers and partners. The environment values innovation, modern development practices, and high reliability while fostering mentorship, knowledge sharing, and autonomy. You will work closely with product and engineering teams, contributing to architecture decisions, event-driven microservices, and scalable solutions. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer passionate about clean code, software best practices, and delivering high-quality, performant solutions in a distributed environment.

Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications using PHP and Java.
• Participate in architectural discussions, requirements refinement, and adoption of new tools and techniques.
• Implement and maintain event-driven microservices and REST APIs for high-performance systems.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and partner teams to deliver features that meet business and technical requirements.
• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code while applying software engineering best practices.
• Support a culture of teamwork, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across a globally distributed team.
• Research and implement new technologies to enhance platform reliability, scalability, and performance.

• 5+ years of experience in PHP or Java web application development.
• 2+ years of experience working with relational databases.
• 1+ years designing and developing event-driven microservices.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and secure software engineering practices.
• Experience with observability, metrics, experiments, and data-driven decision-making.
• Solid knowledge of software engineering best practices, design patterns, and automated testing.
• Excellent collaboration, teamwork, and time management skills.
• Business-level English proficiency (verbal and written).
• Bonus: Experience in a remote-first environment, large-scale solutions, modern infrastructure tools (e.g., DataDog, GitHub, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS), travel industry experience, and Domain-Driven Design.