Cloudbeds is a travel and hospitality SaaS technology company that works to make the world a more welcome place. We create advanced cloud-based hospitality software for hotels, hostels, and hotel groups that manages reservations and guests, distributes room availability, sells inventory, and collects payments. Our hundreds of team members are spread across over 40 countries, and, altogether, we speak 30+ languages. So, how do we do it? We are a #remotefirst company since our founding, and we allow every member of our team to work from wherever they are around the globe. We're looking for people who want to reinvent the world of hospitality tech and travel and love to travel as much as we do. As a Principal/Lead Software Engineer on our Core Application team, you will contribute to the scalability and architecture of our core property management application. You will work to improve the speed and performance of our core product with a focus on providing our customers with an excellent experience. For the Principal Frontend Engineer role, we are looking for someone who can think and communicate architecturally and has worked with a broad range of patterns, practices, libraries, and frameworks. You will participate in strategic decisions regarding the use of libraries and tools. You will assist with architectural design, exploratory programming, and the design of reusable components and business logic. Location: Remote - United States/Canada What You Will Do: Design and build the architecture for our core application. Support and mentor junior and senior developers. Help lead discussions on complex technical concepts and requirements with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Write clean, well-tested, well-documented, and beautiful code. You'll Succeed With: 10+ years of front-end web development experience with 3 years of experience being a technology leader within the organization. Experience designing and implementing architecture for a large web application, based upon good product sense and the ability to empathize with our customers. Strong knowledge of React and React hooks and applying them to global/server state management with libraries such as Redux, Apollo, and ReactQuery. Strong knowledge of CSS with working knowledge of CSS-in-JS and how it can be applied to maintaining and developing a component library Comfortable with testing tools such as Jest, testing-library for unit testing as well as Cypress for E2E testing. Business level English fluency required (verbal and written skills). Nice to Have: Experience working with a remote-first and globally distributed team. Travel industry experience is a plus but definitely not required! Experience with deployment tooling including Webpack, and Webpack5 Federated Modules Experience with PHP and modern PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter) Experience with CI/CD tooling, including Github Actions and Workflows. Our company culture supports flexible working schedules with an open Paid Time Away policy and gives all team members the opportunity to travel and work remotely with great people. If you think you have the skills and passion, we'll give you the support and opportunity to thrive in your career. If you would like to be considered for the role, we would love to hear from you! Company Awards to Check Out! Fastest Growing Companies | Inc. 500 (2018 & 2019) Best Places to Work | Inc Magazine (2017 & 2018) Best Places to Work | HotelTechReport (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Best Property Management System | HotelTechReport (2021, 2022) Best Hotel Management Software | HotelTechReport (2022) Start-Ups to Watch | Forbes (2018) Best Startup Employers | Forbes (2020) Connect MIP Award (Technology) Cloudbeds is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates the diversity in our global team! We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Cloudbeds is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Cloudbeds will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions please contact our HR team by phone at 858-201-7832 or via email at accommodations@cloudbeds.com . To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Cloudbeds. Staffing, recruiting agencies, and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit applications, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Cloudbeds does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Cloudbeds employees, or any other company location. Cloudbeds is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications. #LI-REMOTE #LI-AM1