Senior Backend Engineer, AvantStay
Scala
Next-generation hospitality platform
Open for applications
Next-generation hospitality platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To set the new standard for the short-term rental experience.
Role
Who you are
- The right person treats engineering as craft, refining his approach and skills every day, and is motivated by building resilient, high-quality production systems that drive business outcomes and stand the test of time
- We also welcome engineers with deep FP experience in languages like Haskell, Clojure, Elm, or Elixir who are eager to work in Scala
- Experience building production-grade FP systems (Scala is preferred, but Haskell/Clojure/Elm is also good if you are excited to dive into Scala)
- Solid understanding of functional programming principles and their practical application in production systems
- Experience using the Typelevel stack: Scala 2.13+/ Scala 3, along with cats/cats-effect/zio, and related libraries
- Experience with our infrastructure stack: AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL
- You treat engineering as a craft, refining your skills all the time
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken, for effective communication in a distributed team
- Comfortable working in small, fast-paced, product-focused teams with shifting priorities
- A bias toward action, curiosity to explore unfamiliar tools and patterns, and the ability to work through ambiguity
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep functional programming expertise in Scala who is excited to solve complex production challenges
- When you join, you’ll collaborate with a team of passionate engineers to build the software that powers both guest experiences and the internal systems behind the scenes
- Together, we refine, improve, and maintain the production systems that support tens of thousands of guest stays every month
- Our fully remote team is small, flat, and talent-dense
- We are strong advocates of the functional paradigm and write our backend in functional Scala
- You'll design, build, and maintain production systems that power our core business
- Work across the stack - from customer-facing features to internal systems
- Rapidly prototype new ideas to validate opportunities and drive innovation
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and operations to solve cross-functional problems
- Write high quality code that serves its purpose well
- Review code and engage peers to focus on technical quality and pragmatic decision-making
- Participate in the full development lifecycle — from ideation to post-launch support
- Help shape our engineering culture and technical direction
Our take
AvantStay is redefining the short-term rental experience. Unlike traditional online travel agencies that simply connect travelers with hosts, AvantStay takes full ownership and control of its properties so guests get the best experience.
Each of AvantStay's homes are thoughtfully curated by award-winning interior designers. And guests can personalize their stay through the AvantStay app, choosing from a rang of luxury add-ons like in-home spa treatments, grocery delivery, or private chef experiences.
Now, the company operates over 2,300 properties across 140 cities, with ambitious plans to expand beyond the US. As the company continues scaling, it's doubling down on both portfolio growth and innovation, investing in operational technology and partnering with companies like Allianz Partners to offer added peace of mind through trip cancellation and interruption coverage.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-41% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2021
$160m
SERIES B
Sep 2019
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $191m
Company HQ
Sandahl, Austin, TX
Leadership
Sean Breuner
(Founder & CEO)Sean took an MBA at Columbia Business School before working for Morgan Stanley for a year and serving as Director of Heighten. Alongside being Operating Advisor of Northern Lights Music Festival since 2013, they co-founded AvantStay in 2017.
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