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title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Backend - LATAM at Engine'
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# Senior Software Engineer, Backend - LATAM at Engine

- **Company:** Engine
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-23
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/engine/jobs/7994754003

## Job description

## About Engine

Engine is the all-in-one travel and spend management platform trusted by 38K+ businesses and groups representing 1.8M+ travelers. We're the retailer and the rails of business travel, one of the fastest-growing companies in travel tech, built on a decade of proprietary technology, supply, and pricing no one else can replicate. Other travel and AI companies run on our infrastructure to book real trips, hold rates, and move payments, without building any of it themselves. We built it, AI-forward at every layer, from how travelers book to how the rails run.

That work has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators (2025), TravelTech's Reservation Platform of the Year (2026), and one of Built In's Best Places to Work (2020–2026).

We're looking for bold, ambitious people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel. Working here, you can expect exponential growth, an ambitious pace, full ownership, and high-caliber colleagues who push you to do the best work of your career. Every hire raises the bar.

Come outpace the ordinary and build the future of travel with us.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who combines strong system design instincts with the communication skills to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is a backend-heavy role with a lot of autonomy, real technical challenge, and a team that runs on AI.

## What You'll Do

- Drive the design and implementation of greenfield services, replacing legacy code with modern microservices, strong test coverage, and production-grade observability
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and other Engineering teams to translate requirements into engineering solutions
- Use AI tools (Claude and/or Cursor) as your primary development environment
- Drive projects independently: own your work, surface blockers, keep things moving

## What We're Looking For

Required:

- AI fluency — you're comfortable using Claude, Cursor, or similar tools as your main coding interface; you don't just use them occasionally
- Strong system design skills — you can walk through architectural decisions you've made, explain tradeoffs, and think at the infrastructure level
- Proven delivery — you've shipped complex systems, not just features; you can speak to the weight and scope of what you've built
- Self-directed working style — you don't need daily direction; you identify what needs to happen and drive it
- Comfortable handling ambiguity — cross-team requests don't always come in neatly scoped; you ask the right questions and figure it out
- Adaptable to shifting priorities — lodging is the highest-demand vertical at Engine; plans change
- Excellent communication — you can explain technical problems clearly to non-technical stakeholders like accountants and business ops teams

Nice to Have:

- Java or Kotlin experience (most of our services are Java/Kotlin; not a hard requirement with AI in the loop)
- SQL and relational databases
- Terraform, Datadog, or Splunk experience

This is an evergreen opening, we review applications on an ongoing basis. This is a full-time, contractor role for candidates based in Latin America. The Engine Edge: Perks & Compensation We believe in rewarding great work with great benefits:

- Compensation: Competitive base pay tied to role and experience, with equity for all employees. Some roles are also eligible for bonuses or commissions.
- Benefits: Check out our full list at [engine.com/culture](https://engine.com/culture)
- Environments for Success: Different roles have different needs in terms of the environments that drive success which is why we have a hybrid-hub model. Whether you are in one of our amazing offices or fully remote, we'll make sure you have what you need to succeed.

Perks and benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and more

## About Engine

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Engine (formerly Hotel Engine) provides an all-in-one travel management platform that lets businesses book flights, hotels, and cars, with exclusive rates and no booking fees.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage: Series C, 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, USA (implied by job locations and history)
- **Founded**: 2018 (as Hotel Engine, spun off from Travelers Haven)
- **Founders**: Elia (full name not provided in search results; CEO Elia stepped down from Travelers Haven to focus on Hotel Engine in 2021)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Business travel management / Travel technology (SaaS platform)
- **Target customers**: B2B – small to large businesses, groups, event teams, crews; also serves individual business travelers
- **Mission statement**: “To make travel effortless and give businesses, big and small, the opportunity to enjoy the journey again.”

## Products & Services
- **[Engine Platform]**: All-in-one booking platform for flights, hotels, and cars. Includes consolidated billing (DirectBill), flexible cancellation (FlexPro), spend controls (Engine X virtual cards), and reporting/insights. Free to use with no contracts; revenue from commissions and premium features.
- **[Engine Rewards]**: Loyalty program that stacks with hotel loyalty points, offering up to 10% back.
- **[Engine X]**: Corporate card and spend management solution integrated with the booking platform.
- **[Partner Hub / Groups]**: Tools for group travel coordination and partner integrations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Triple-digit growth; trusted by over 1,000,000 travelers and 20,000+ businesses; average travel savings of up to 60%.
- **Notable Investors**: Blackstone, Elefund, Telescope Partners, Permira (industry-leading investors)
- **Growth Signals**: Rebranded from Hotel Engine to Engine in 2024, expanding beyond hotels into flights and cars. Added 100+ new features in recent period. New executive leadership team. Remote-first hiring across US and LATAM.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Exclusive rates and no fees**: No booking fees, no contracts – saves businesses up to 60% on travel.
- **All-in-one platform**: Combines booking, expense management, and reporting in a single solution.
- **Flexibility**: FlexPro allows free changes/cancellations; DirectBill simplifies invoicing.
- **Scale and trust**: Over 1 million travelers and 20k+ businesses use the platform.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Continued platform expansion (flights, cars, groups), deepening integrations (ERP, HR, workplace tools), and scaling the sales and engineering teams. Emphasis on data-driven insights and automation to simplify trip management.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: High-agency, ownership-driven environment. Core values: “Drivers, not Passengers,” “Customer Obsessed,” “Speed with Precision,” “Deliver Results.” Described as electric, with a bias for action and high standards.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Fully remote roles for US and LATAM (some sales roles in Chicago, Denver, Tempe). Remote-first culture.
- **Benefits**: Unlimited PTO, stock options for all full-time employees, 401(k) with company match, medical/dental/vision, mental health support, family leave, global lodging discounts, paid volunteer time.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on innovation, high standards, and moving fast without cutting corners. Open roles include senior and staff engineers, data scientists, product managers.

## Sources
1. [engine.com](https://engine.com/) – Company homepage with product details
2. [engine.com/about-us](https://engine.com/about-us) – Company history, mission, investors
3. [engine.com/careers](https://engine.com/careers) – Careers page with open positions and benefits
4. [engine.com/culture](https://engine.com/culture) – Culture memo, operating principles, DNA
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/engine](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/engine) – Current job listings (59 roles)

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