Staff Software Engineer

**About Kasa**:
Kasa is the leading tech-enabled hotel and apartment hotel brand and manager. Kasa has built a hospitality operating system that fundamentally improves the profitability of hospitality assets while delivering a high quality, digitally forward experience to guests. We partner with owners of multifamily and boutique hospitality properties to deliver stylish, professionally managed accommodations to business and leisure travelers alike. We took the best that hotels and short-term rentals had to offer and created a new class of hospitality that is well-priced, reliable, and offers a large selection of great locations.

Unlike traditional hotel operators, we prioritize **automation, AI-driven pricing, and data-driven decision-making** to optimize revenue and improve guest experiences.

**The Role**:
We are looking for a **Staff Full-Stack Engineer** who will lead the design, development, and ongoing optimization of the critical systems that power our pricing strategies, third-party integrations, and broader operational capabilities at Kasa. In this role, you will take ownership of complex architectural decisions to ensure reliability, scalability, and alignment with evolving business needs, while also writing high-quality, well-tested code and performing code reviews that set the bar for technical excellence.

As a **Staff Engineer**, you will take a leadership role in shaping the architecture, mentoring the team, and driving the technical direction of Kasa's internal operational platform. You will also serve as the primary point of contact for one or multiple product areas, coordinating cross-functional activities and ensuring the successful execution of complex projects. You'll collaborate closely with product, design, and operations teams to scope out ambitious projects, define key objectives, and ensure successful delivery. Beyond project execution, you will help shape the long-term technical roadmap by anticipating future challenges, proposing innovative solutions, and championing best practices.

By taking full responsibility for the systems you oversee, from troubleshooting to performance optimization, you will ensure uninterrupted live operations and help uphold Kasa's commitment to building a world-class hospitality platform.

**About the Team**:
Our **Product & Engineering team** spans the United States, Mexico and Hungary. Engineers here come from diverse backgrounds, including hospitality, consulting, real estate, and tech startups. Everyone joined Kasa to contribute to a platform delivering value to landlords while offering trustworthy, well-priced accommodations to guests.

We use an agile, two-week sprint development process and value engineers who add to our culture. Our department is comprised of two teams:

- Formula RC (Revenue and Channels): revenue management tooling and third party channel integration, building the data and financial platform to power our operations & technology at scale
- Hospitality: building an industry-defining property management system, creating seamless digital experiences for guests, enabling stress-free check-ins and comfortable stays with technology

**Day in the life of a Kasa Staff Software Engineer**:
As a **Staff Full-Stack Engineer**, your role encompasses leadership, technical excellence, and strategic planning. You will:
**Leadership and Coordination**
- Serve as the primary point of contact for one or more product areas, coordinating cross-functional activities and aligning priorities.
- Proactively scope out complex work with cross-functional partners, ensuring alignment on objectives.
- Coordinate team members, providing constructive feedback and facilitating productive discussions.
- Mentor engineers, helping them grow through knowledge-sharing sessions and hands-on guidance.
- Delegate tasks effectively, empowering team members to maximize their impact.

**Technical Excellence**
- Drive architectural initiatives that impact multiple teams, such as introducing stress testing or new frameworks like GraphQL, and encourage their adoption across teams.
- Develop deep knowledge of the entire technology stack and evolve the architecture to support future requirements, defining SLAs for critical components.
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and maintainability by setting and upholding best practices and processes.
- Write, review, and maintain high-quality, well-tested code that adheres to industry and company standards.
- Take full ownership of the systems you lead, troubleshooting, debugging, and optimizing them to ensure uninterrupted live operations.

**Strategic Thinking**
- Anticipate and define solutions to problems before they occur.
- Contribute to long-term product and engineering strategy by providing insights on architectural evolution.
- Foster a solution-oriented mindset within the team, emphasizing collaboration and continuous improvement.

**Experience**:

- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3