Lead Software Engineer (PCI)

Description

🌍 Redefining how people live.

At Blueground, we believe that when your base is reliable, the world opens up. That’s why we’re building the world’s leading platform for living.

Every year, 350 million people move between cities—yet today’s housing options haven’t caught up with the needs of this modern, mobile generation. Blueground was built to change that.

With 40,000+ homes across the globe, available for stays from a few days to a year or more, we’re just getting started. We’re on an exponential growth path to redefine living and create an entirely new category. Our edge? Powerful proprietary tech, operational excellence, and a team that executes with speed and discipline.

Our Culture Is Grounded In Five Principles:

• Guests First – Every decision starts with their experience.
• Move Fast – We value speed, momentum, and action.
• Dive In – The magic is always in the details, and we go deep.
• Embrace Change – Change isn’t a disruption; it’s how we grow.
• Keep It Honest – Transparency accelerates progress—and strengthens relationships.

If you’re ready to do the best work of your life and help reshape how the world lives, we’d love to meet you.

Requirements

Join Blueground as a Lead Software Engineer in our Property & Channel Integrations team! This team is responsible for integrating our proprietary Property Management System (PMS) with third-party platforms. From Airbnb and Booking.com to other PMS providers and many top real estate classifieds worldwide, the PCI team makes sure our properties are accurately displayed and bookable across all channels from the US to Japan.

_About Channel Management

_Channel management within Property Management Systems (PMS) is critical for efficiently distributing inventory across various booking platforms, ensuring real-time updates of availability, pricing, and property details. For Blueground, with its diverse business models - ranging from core long-term stays to franchising and a 100k+ properties marketplace - robust channel management is a key system component.

Our Stack

• Spring Boot | Kotlin
• Node JS | Typescript
• React | Tailwind | Next.js
• Postgres | MongoDB | Redis
• Apache Kafka
• Rest | GraphQL
• AWS | Kubernetes | ArgoCD | Argo Workflows

Our code sits on Github, is built, tested, and packaged via Github Actions, and runs on Kubernetes. We manage projects on JIRA, create prototypes and mockups on Figma, and monitor our systems and performance on Datadog, with the help of Resolve.ai.

What You'll Do

• Lead a small team of Fullstack Engineers
• Work on multiple repos, both greenfield and brownfield.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies
• Architect and code services and UIs
• Write your unit tests
• Automate stuff. Like a lot.
• Be religious with Git
• Depend on a CI pipeline and world-class telemetry.
• Experiment, learn, and have fun

What To Expect

• To work in agile, cross-functional, DevOps-enabled teams
• To work with product managers, engineers in test, and product designers.
• To work on functional and non-functional testing
• To work on performance
• To get your head around a quite big problem domain
• To enjoy some quality engineering
• A growing company
• Cool colleagues :)

Recruitment Dialogues

• Dialogue with Talent Acquisition Team (30m)
• Live Coding: Evaluating Coding skills (90m)
• Tech Dialogue: CS skills (90m)
• System Design & Executive Dialogue (60m)

_What to expect at the technical interview?

_You will be called to have a long discussion with your future team members. This discussion will cover many things from CS fundamentals to the latest coding trends. We encourage you to refresh on topics like data structures, algos and runtime complexity, as well as core concepts of your primary language (e.g., Java, Ruby or Python). We will also try to tackle some real-world software design problems together, as we do every other day. It may sound scary, but it's really not. We want you to succeed.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of Industry experience in software development
• Strong CS background
• Strong skills in either Spring Boot or Node JS
• Strong background in relational databases and SQL
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases and caching solutions
• Experience in designing REST and GraphQL APIs
• Testing mindset and an eye for clean code
• Really comfortable with Git
• Excellent communication in English
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related subject
• Prior experience in a Tech Lead or similar role is a plus

Benefits

Pay, Perks, and Such

• Competitive salary
• Blueground Stock Option Plan
• Flexible paid time off
• Comprehensive group health insurance
• Access to training budget and resources
• Mobile data plan
• Enhanced parental leave
• A dynamic, collaborative environment with talented people
• Flexibility to work remotely through our Blueground Nomads mobility program
• Complimentary accommodation at Blueground locations — think summers in LA and winters in Dubai!
• A culture that embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at its core

Learn more about Blueground at https://theblueground.com. To keep up with Blueground news, follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok! To get a feeling of how we think about tech, make sure you check our Engineering Blog