Software Engineer - Client-facing Apps

🌍 Redefining how people live

At Blueground, we believe that when your base is reliable, the world opens up. That’s why we’re building the world’s leading platform for living.

Every year, over 350 million people move between cities — yet today’s housing options haven’t kept up with the needs of a modern, mobile generation. Blueground was created to change that.

With 40,000+ homes around the world, available for stays from a few days to a year or more, we’re only just getting started. We’re on an ambitious growth path to redefine living and create an entirely new category. Our edge? Powerful proprietary technology, operational excellence, and a team that moves with speed and discipline.

Our Culture Is Anchored In Five Principles ✨ Guests First – Every decision starts with their experience.

⚡ Move Fast – We value momentum and action.

🔍 Dive In – The magic is in the details, and we go deep.

🔄 Embrace Change – Change isn’t disruption; it’s how we grow.

🤝 Keep It Honest – Transparency accelerates progress and strengthens relationships.

If you’re ready to do the best work of your life and help reshape how the world lives, we’d love to meet you.

🔑 About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Client-facing mobile team, building the backend systems behind our guest mobile app, the companion guests rely on throughout their stay. We take guest experience seriously, and the app is at the heart of making every stay feel effortless, from booking details and apartment access to support, maintenance, and personalized services. You’ll build scalable backend services in Kotlin and Node.js, design APIs that power real time mobile interactions, and help shape a platform used daily by thousands of guests. We actively leverage AI in both what we build and how we work, using modern AI assisted tools to move fast, stay curious, and deliver an experience guests genuinely enjoy using.

Our Stack

• Kotlin | Node.js
• Postgres | MongoDB | Redis | Snowflake
• Apache Kafka
• Rest | GraphQL
• JUnit 5 / Spock
• AWS | Kubernetes | ArgoCD | Argo Workflows
• Cursor, Claude Code, Opencode.ai, Github Copilot

Our code sits on GitHub, is built, tested, and packaged via GitHub Actions, and runs on Kubernetes. We manage projects in JIRA, our prototypes and mockups in Figma, and monitor our systems and performance in Datadog, with the help of Resolve.ai.

What you'll do

• Work on services supporting our customer-facing web and mobile apps
• Work mostly on the backend but with a full-stack mindset.
• Use AI tooling for most, if not all, of your tasks
• Write your unit tests
• Automate stuff. Like a lot.
• Be religious with Git
• Depend on a CI pipeline and world-class telemetry.
• Experiment, learn, and have fun

What to expect

• To work in a small, agile, data-driven, customer-obsessed, multi-cultural team
• To roll up your sleeves and dive into the details
• To fully embrace the AI change
• To enjoy some quality engineering on a multitude of technologies
• A rapidly growing company
• Cool and helpful colleagues :)

Interview Process

• Dialogue with Talent Acquisition Team (30m)
• Live Coding: Evaluating Coding skills (90m)
• Tech Dialogue: CS skills (90m)
• System Design & Executive Dialogue (60m)

Requirements:

• 3+ years of Industry experience in software development
• Strong CS background
• Strong skills in either Kotlin or Node.js
• Strong skills in backend development (full-stack is preferable)
• Strong background in relational databases and SQL
• Experience in designing REST and GraphQL APIs
• Testing mindset and an eye for clean code
• Really comfortable with Git
• Excellent communication in English
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related subject

Pay, Perks, and Such

• Competitive salary
• Blueground Stock Option Plan
• Flexible paid time off
• Comprehensive group health insurance
• Access to training budget and resources
• Access to premium AI-powered productivity tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT)
• Mobile data plan
• Enhanced parental leave
• A dynamic, collaborative environment with talented people
• Flexibility to work remotely through our Blueground Nomads mobility program
• Complimentary accommodation at Blueground locations — think summers in LA and winters in Dubai!
• A culture that embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at its core

At Blueground we are proud to have Diversity and Inclusion at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity regardless of race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

For more information on Blueground, visit us at www.theblueground.com. To keep up with Blueground news, follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Tik Tok!