About this role
About the job
We’re looking for a self-driven Senior Python Developer with leadership skills to join a small, fast-moving team building a Hostfully product powered heavily by AI. The team ships quickly, uses AI throughout its development process, and builds LLM-powered features our customers use every day.
About the role
You’ll be a senior technical voice on the team:
- Building core backend services in Python
- Setting the bar for code quality
- Helping turn LLM prototypes into reliable production features
You’ll own key components end to end, from design to production, and your work will have a direct impact on customers and the business.
What you’ll do
- Design, build and own Python backend services that power AI-driven product features
- Take LLM-based features from prototype to production: reliable, observable, cost-efficient and safe
- Lead by example on technical decisions, code reviews and engineering standards
- Mentor developers and help the team ship fast without sacrificing quality, including code produced with AI tools
- Work closely with product managers to shape requirements and find the simplest solution that works
- Contribute to the React frontend when needed
- Build for scale, stability and performance
Required skills
- 9+ years of professional software development, with 7+ years of Python in production
- Strong experience building web services and APIs (FastAPI, Django or Flask)
- Proven experience shipping LLM-powered features to production, including:
- prompt design
- RAG
- tool or function calling
- evaluation
- handling cost, latency and failure modes
- Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar), with a clear view on how to use them well
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers: code reviews, technical direction and raising the bar for a team
- Solid SQL and relational database experience
- Fluent English, with strong written and verbal communication
Nice to have
- React and TypeScript
- Google Cloud Platform
- Docker, CI/CD and GitHub Actions
- Vector databases and LLM observability or evaluation tooling
About you
You take ownership of your work and of your team’s results
You’re pragmatic: you value shipping and learning over perfection
You appreciate process and communication, and know when to keep both lightweight
You enjoy feedback: receiving it, sharing it and acting on it
You thrive in a dynamic, fast-growing startup
What we offer
Fully remote work and flexible hours
Generous vacation, plus maternity and paternity leave
Equity
Business travel expenses covered
Big, challenging problems and a tight-knit team to solve them with
About Hostfully
Hostfully is an award-winning property management platform for short-term and vacation rental managers with 5 to 1,000 properties. They use Hostfully for:
- Instant distribution across Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Google
- Streamlined, automated operations
- Easier communication with guests and owners
We’re a preferred partner of Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com, and we’re integrated with 60+ software partners, including Stripe, PayPal and Google. Our Guidebooks are known as the industry’s best-in-class guest experience. Our awards include:
VRMB Best All-Around Property Management Software Shortyz Best Property Management System VRMA award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We’re also a great place to work:
Remote-first, with no overscheduled calendars An employee NPS above 80 for 10 quarters running (industry “best” is 40) Climate positive for the last three years
Location
Hostfully is based in San Francisco, and our team is fully remote. For this role, we’re looking for someone near the EST time zone or in Europe. Our engineers are located in the US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Poland, Kosovo, the Czech Republic and Turkey.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law.
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About the company
Hostfully
Actively Hiring More jobs Helping vacation rental companies and their guests make the most of every stay51-200 Employees
San Francisco
51-200
SaaS
B2B
Hospitality
Vacation Rentals
Travel & Tourism
B2B
Growth Stage
Expanding market presence
Employees joined from
Adobe
ADS-click
Better.com
Health Advocate
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Funding
AMOUNT RAISED
$6.9M
FUNDED OVER
5 rounds
Rounds
X Undisclosed amount
Series X - Sep 2025+4
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Perks
Generous parental leave We work with each employee to arrange time off - with flexibility - to welcome a new child to the family, whether through birth or adoption.
Equity benefits We offer equity compensation depending on the role and stage of the company.
Work from wherever We are a remote team and give employees ample flexibility to work from a location that suits them and their lifestyle.
Flexible working hours We strive to create a flexible environment where people can set their own hours. The one requirement we have is that employees prioritize team meetings and customer meetings.
Unlimited vacation Collaborate with your manager to take time off so that you can recharge, spend time with friends and family, or do whatever else makes you happy.
We cover travel expenses When you need to travel for work, we reimburse you for travel expenses including food, transportation, and accommodation.
Continuing Education Stipend to support your personal development in a specific area that works for you and your role.
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Founders
Stephan Osmont CTO • 11 years
Miami
David Jacoby President + Co-Founder
San Francisco
Margot Schmorak CEO + Co-Founder
San Francisco
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