Remote Product Engineer, Direct (Laravel)

Description:

• The company builds software for Airbnbs to enable hosts to rent their properties themselves, focusing on a state-of-the-art product and user experience.
• The Direct product allows short-term rental hosts to launch their direct bookings quickly with a pre-populated website.
• Direct processes approximately $3M in monthly bookings, with plans to triple that in the next year.
• The role involves working with a team of software engineers and support specialists to evolve the Direct product and establish it as a market leader.
• Responsibilities include partnering with various teams to develop and ship features, iterating on launched features based on customer feedback, and creatively solving issues within a complex system.
• The team operates within a "majestic" monolithic codebase and a few micro-services, utilizing a Kubernetes-powered infrastructure-as-code stack.
• The tech stack includes PHP, Angular, Laravel, MySQL, and Beanstalk.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have 3+ years of software engineering experience, particularly in backend development.
• Significant experience with Laravel, PHP 8.1+, MySQL, and testing pipelines in a deployed web application is required.
• A 'shipping' mentality is essential, with a focus on customer feedback and iterative improvement.
• Exceptional written communication skills are necessary due to the remote-first nature of the company.
• Candidates should possess an eye for testable, maintainable, and intuitive code while prioritizing customer and business value.
• The ability to think through complex systems and non-obvious usage scenarios is important.
• High empathy towards customers and teammates is required.
• Self-motivation and decision-making skills in uncertain situations are essential.
• Experience with query optimization and queue/job-centric backends is a plus.
• Experience in support engineering and stakeholder communication is beneficial.

Benefits:

• The company fosters a supportive and caring team environment where employees are trusted and not micromanaged.
• The total compensation for this role ranges from $106,448.40 to $134,450.00, depending on the cost of living, with options for international hiring.
• Employees receive equity incentives through RSUs linked to the company's $HOST token.
• The company offers 35 days off per year, including self-serve public holidays and parental leave.
• Mental health and emotional support are provided through therapists available on Slack.
• The company has been recognized on Inc.’s list of Best Workplaces for 2023.