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# Backend Engineer, AI Platform

- **Company:** Hostaway
- **Location:** Wien, Austria (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, Software as a Service, Python (Programming Language), Raw Data, Next.js, Systems Integration, Large Language Models, Backend, Build Management, AI Platforms, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Golang
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-backend-engineer-ai-platform-100-remote-europe-hostaway-9886097

## About the Role

* 5+ years in backend engineering, ideally SaaS.
 * Strong Python proficiency
 * Experience with REST APIs and SaaS integrations.
 * Familiarity with LLM/AI tools (LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, MCP servers).

 * Comfortable working alongside Python-based AI services and bridging stacks.
 * Nice to have: experience with PHP + Golang
 * Strong collaboration skills - able to integrate work with platform and product teams.

## Description

As a Senior Backend Engineer on our AI Team, you'll focus on integrating AI services into Hostaway's product. You'll turn raw data and models into polished, customer-facing features by working in Python, building APIs, services, and UIs together with the Frontend engineers that make AI useful for property managers and guests.

You'll work closely with product and platform teams to ensure AI components slot seamlessly into our SaaS ecosystem - from automation workflows to customer insights dashboards.

What you'll do:

 * Design and build services that integrate AI into customer-facing features.
 * Develop performant and scalable APIs and backend services that connect AI outputs to SaaS functionality.
 * Collaborate with product and design teams to create intuitive AI-driven user experiences.
 * Partner with platform and integration teams to embed AI into existing systems and workflows.
 * Implement observability, monitoring, and error handling for AI services in production.
 * Contribute to evolving our AI integration stack (Python SDKs, MCP servers, LLM orchestration).