Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - 100% Remote - EMEA

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within EMEA to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within EMEA.

Hostaway is a SaaS scale-up that is transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry.

Profitable, high-growth, and the first short-term rental PMS unicorn 🦄. Join us at our most exciting stage yet! Learn more about our recent valuation and story here.

About the role

Hostaway is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to join our team and drive our growth in the market.

Your Mission

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test who champions quality and brings technical insight to every project, you will play a critical role in ensuring our products are reliable, secure and built for scale. With a deep understanding of modern testing methodologies, you evaluate technical designs, identify quality gaps early in the development cycle, and provide insightful feedback that strengthens our overall engineering approach.

Driven by data and metrics, you refine our testing and release strategies to ensure that robust testing frameworks and observability patterns are in place. You trust that these practices will catch potential issues early, empowering us to continuously release with confidence, even on a Friday.

You are accountable for the quality of our products, yet you make testing everyone's responsibility by collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. You act as a catalyst for elevated testing practices while avoiding bottlenecks in the development process. Your focus is on enabling the team to deliver value through reliable, well-tested code, all the while fostering a culture of excellence and accountability. By ensuring that technical decisions align with our broader business objectives, you help drive continuous innovation and outstanding outcomes for our customers.

• 5+ years of experience in SaaS software development as an SDET

• Expert-level proficiency with UI-driven test frameworks (such as Playwright or Cypress)

• Excellent JavaScript and/or TypeScript skills

• Strong experience with unit testing (using Jest or similar)

• Proven experience building integration test frameworks

• Experience with non-functional testing tools and practices (e.g. performance, chaos, and accessibility testing)

• Strong understanding of CI/CD tooling (such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)

• Good understanding of relational databases (such as MySQL or PostgreSQL)

• Familiarity with observability tools (such as DataDog or New Relic)

• Experience with Agile methodologies and CI/CD practices

• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across product and engineering teams

Nice to Have

• Previous experience with PHP or the willingness to dive into current PHP business logic

• Experience in coaching and mentoring other engineers on testing practices

• Experience building test tooling such as mock servers, OpenAPI-generated tests and clients, or test data management solutions

• Contributions to open-source testing tools or frameworks

• Knowledge of contract testing approaches (such as Pact)

• Familiarity with security testing practices and tools

An Average Day for a Senior SDET

• 10:00–10:15 Quick team stand-up. One of your team members is about to start working on something new, so you initiate a Three Amigos session to hash out the testing boundaries and dependencies.

• 10:30–14:00 Pairing with developers to build tests at the right levels.

• 14:00–15:00 Joining a collaborative session with the rest of the quality community of practice to align on cross-team initiatives and demonstrate your new, exciting test solution.

• 15:00–16:00 The product manager wants to discuss a new opportunity with you and the tech lead. Your input regarding the testability of a proof of concept and its dependencies is invaluable.

• 16:00–18:00 Focus time to add test coverage, iterate your frameworks/tooling and perform code reviews.

What we offer

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.

• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).

• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success.

• Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.

• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.

• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms.

• Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.

• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).

Thank you for your interest. If you apply for this role, you will receive an email from our Talent Acquisition team after your application has been reviewed alongside the qualifications for this role and the qualifications of others who have applied.