About the Company

We\'re a market leader in luxury vacation rentals, with over 15,000 premium homes across hundreds of locations — particularly in Florida and the Caribbean. Unlike marketplace platforms, we\'re a full-service online travel company where technology meets exceptional customer service at every touchpoint. Our engineering challenges are real and meaningful: high-performance booking systems, complex inventory management, dynamic pricing, payment processing, and building tools that enable our teams to deliver white-glove service to high-value customers.

About the Role

We\'re looking for a backend-centric full stack developer who can architect and build robust systems while being comfortable working across the entire stack when needed. You\'ll be solving interesting technical problems in a domain where reliability, performance, and data integrity really matter.

Pay range and compensation package

• Competitive salary up to £85k, depending on skills and experience
• Hybrid: 1 day every 2 weeks after probation period

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining backend services that power our booking platform
• Designing APIs and data models for complex business logic
• Working on integrations with third-party systems
• Optimizing database queries and system performance
• Contributing to architecture decisions
• Occasionally working on frontend features when needed
• Collaborating with the team on technical solutions
• Writing clean, maintainable, testable code

Required Skills

• Strong backend development skills (building services, APIs, and working with databases)
• Solid understanding of full stack development (can work on frontend when needed, but main focus is backend)
• Experience with relational databases and SQL
• Understanding of containerization and deployment
• Proficient in C# and .NET
• Strong SQL and database design skills
• Comfortable with TypeScript for frontend work
• Experience with Docker and Linux environments
• Understanding of API design and microservices architecture

Preferred Skills

• Reliable - You deliver what you commit to, and your code works in production
• Team player - You collaborate well, help others, and contribute to a positive team culture
• Problem solver - You think through edge cases and build solutions that last
• Current - You stay up to date with technology trends and best practices
• Pragmatic - You balance perfect with done, and make smart trade-offs

The Problems You\'ll Solve

• Real-time availability management across 15,000+ properties
• Complex booking workflows with multiple payment scenarios
• Dynamic pricing and revenue optimization systems
• Integration with property management systems
• Tools that enable exceptional customer service
• Data analytics for property owners
• Systems that handle high-value transactions reliably

No cover letter needed - just tell me what you\'re looking for in your next role and why Top Villas might be a good fit. The best thing you can send me is a GitHub link.

Connect with me on LinkedIn - I\'m always happy to chat about the role, our tech stack, or the problems we\'re solving.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Travel Arrangements and Technology, Information and Media

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