Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (TravelTech): Designing, building, and maintaining core backend integrations for a high-volume distribution and integration platform in the travel and hospitality industry, with an accent on ARI (Availability, Rates, Inventory) flows and state reconciliation across event-driven and polling-based models. Focus on designing resilient integration patterns, ensuring data integrity and performance in SQL databases, and troubleshooting production issues with external hospitality systems.

Location: This role is **remote**. **Eastern European candidates are expected to maintain a 4–6 hour working overlap with the US Eastern Time zone**. The company also considers candidates from specific locations in **Latin America, CIS, other European countries, and India**.

Company

hirify.global is an outsourcing company providing custom software development services to clients, with this project supporting a client in the travel and hospitality industry building a high-volume distribution and integration platform.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain backend integrations with Hotel PMS and hospitality platforms.
• Implement idempotent ARI (Availability, Rates, Inventory) update mechanisms.
• Handle complex hotel distribution concepts and reconcile system state.
• Build and operate high-volume, low-latency distribution systems.
• Contribute to Azure deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with product, QA, and partner technical teams.

Requirements

• Integration experience with at least one hospitality platform (Hotel PMS or CRS).
• Strong understanding of ARI, rate plans, restrictions, and inventory allocation.
• 5+ years as Backend Engineer with system-to-system integrations.
• Proficient in .NET/C#, Azure (VMs, App Gateway, App Services, Service Bus), and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
• Strong in REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and SQL databases.
• Knowledge of idempotent API design, concurrency, retries/backoff strategies.
• **Good English communication skills** are required.

Nice to have

• Direct experience integrating with Oracle OPERA Cloud / OHIP, Amadeus Hospitality Suite, Sabre SynXis, Cloudbeds, Mews PMS, Infor HMS, Agilysys Stay, or Shiji Daylight PMS.
• Experience with distributed tracing and observability.
• Familiarity with high-availability, low-latency architectures.
• Understanding of Agile / Scrum methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Vacation and sick pay as per local laws, with 10 days sick leave without a doctor's note.
• Assistance with health insurance for you and your loved ones.
• Time off for state holidays according to official calendar.
• Pleasant environment with corporate parties and get-togethers.
• Comfort service for technical and everyday work problems.
• Work on global projects and grow your career in a supportive, flexible, and innovative tech environment.
• Coverage for IT certifications and access to top-tier courses and learning platforms.