Beyond is the global leader in revenue management, helping hosts and property managers unlock new ways to generate the most revenue with their vacation rentals. Since pioneering dynamic pricing for the vacation rental market a decade ago, Beyond has supported millions of listings globally and helped customers increase their annual revenue by an average of 40%. Our unparalleled access to, and analysis of, real-time data for the vacation rental industry powers our ability to drive revenue, maximize profitability and save time for hosts and property managers around the world.It's with that in mind that Beyond is looking to add a Senior Backend Engineer to our team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will have the opportunity to build the next evolution of our SaaS-based product as well as work on new products. Because you will be working with a successful team that is completely remote, excellent coding and communication skills are key. This is a great opportunity for someone to work closely with the entire product life cycle from concept to go-to-market! If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves and jumping in, then read on!Our Engineering team believes in:Reducing scope - The best way to control progress and test hypotheses is to prevent scope creep;Shipping early - The best way to learn early is to ship early. No need to be perfect;Iterating and improving - Once we get the feedback we need, we iterate and improve;Taking ownership - The code we ship is our responsibility as we know it best;Delivering value - By focusing on providing the best customer experience, we improve acquisition and retention and drive revenue.Before reading further...Beyond is passionate about diversity and cultivating our team's potential. If you're hungry for a good opportunity, but don't meet every point in this job description, please apply anyway!As our Senior Software Engineer 1, you'll be responsible for:Collaborating with your peers from product, design, and engineering on a cross-functional, outcome-based team to craft and deliver on OKRsHelping drive your team through large projects autonomously, while continuously assessing and communicating progress and iterating on solutions.Collaborating and recommending architectural solutions, while understanding and explaining trade-offs around time to market, structural and functional quality, security, maintainability, resources, and scope.Supporting and maintaining the existing code baseline and products.Exercising and improving Beyond's engineering practices such as refactoring, pairing, code reviews, collective code ownership, containers, IaC, CI/CD, observability.So what kind of person are we looking for in this role? The person who will be successful in this role will be: Curious - You are driven to understand how things work or why they don't. You are interested in finding out how your work impacts our customers and the world they live in.Collaborative - You enjoy exploring and committing as a team, you welcome others' ideas, and you value teamwork and team decision-making over being right and having things going your way.Result-oriented - You manage the trade-offs between speed and quality and are able to find the right balance. You would rather ship, measure, learn and iterate, rather than code the perfect component on the first try.Resilient - You can adapt and roll up your sleeves to help others. You operate at a stable pace with visibility most of the time and you are ready to embrace change when it happens.Now that we've told you what the job looks like, here are the qualifications we're looking for in a candidate:5+ years of experience building services in a multi-tenant SaaS environmentExpertise in Python, Django, SQL, PostgresA predisposition for a fast-paced environment where we put an emphasis on delivering value for our customers while learning, growing, and experimenting
