Senior Back-end Developer

About Hotelchamp

Hotelchamp is on a mission to give hotels back control of their bookings. Online Travel Agencies like Booking.com and Expedia have turned into powerful conversion and marketing machines, charging hotels commissions of up to 20% and demanding even more discounts just for visibility. We believe guests should book direct, and that the hotel website should be where the guest experience begins.

We have built an innovative booking engine, conversion suite, and CRM that makes booking effortless and trustworthy. We are now taking the next steps to deliver hyper-personalised, AI-driven booking experiences that turn the stress and complexity of travel planning into something simple, clear, and even exciting.

Why join us

You will be part of a small, experienced, highly motivated development team that owns the roadmap and works with real autonomy. We collaborate closely, help each other through technical challenges, and share knowledge freely. You will have the freedom to decide how to move forward, challenge assumptions, and shape the product to achieve the best results for our customers. You will work with some of the most unique hotels and resorts in the world, in a company with a strong culture of support, respect, and celebrating each other’s successes. We believe the best idea wins, and we want people who love to learn, develop their skills, and take on meaningful problems.

The role

Formally based in our Groningen office, but with only occasional in-office expectations - roughly once every one to two weeks. Two to three times a year we have company off-sites in Amsterdam, during which you will spend 2–3 days there (hotel covered by Hotelchamp).

You will:

• Build and extend our back-end systems to support new and innovative features

• Design elegant, scalable architectures for complex applications

• Recommend and evaluate technologies for new functionality

• Create reusable code libraries for multiple projects

• Improve efficiency and performance across our systems

• Lead and mentor a small group of back-end developers

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of back-end development experience

• Strong PHP (OOP) skills, ideally with Laravel

• Ability to design scalable and maintainable code architectures

• Experience building and optimising complex applications

• Strong understanding of REST APIs and integration best practices

• Comfortable working with agile principles in a collaborative environment

• Write clean, readable code with good documentation practices

• Experience scaling systems to handle large data volumes, and/or working on mission-critical products that process high revenue or support essential processes (e.g. healthcare, banking, ecommerce) where downtime is not an option

The interview process

1. Short introduction call with our recruiter

2. Conversation with Head of Product and Development about vision, mission, and culture fit

3. Technical discussion with Head of Development

4. Optional meeting with a team member to get to know the team culture

Ready to bring your skills to the next level? Apply now and let’s start building something great together.