Senior Backend Developer

Who We Are

Accommodations Plus International (API) is a technology and services company focused on driving innovation across the travel and transportation industry. We partner with organizations in the airline, cruise, and rail sectors to deliver solutions that improve layover operations, enhance customer experience, and support long-term growth.

Our mission is to make layovers simpler and more efficient for crew members—and we bring that to life through deep industry expertise and a practical, results-driven approach.

Today, API’s platform powers over 18 million crew room nights each year for 100+ airlines and travel operators worldwide. Our Global Reach ensures that airline crews are rested, transported, and connected so global aviation runs on time.

At API, we’re building a culture rooted in succeeding and thriving together. It’s a place where people are encouraged to take ownership, develop their skills, and contribute to work that matters.

If you’re looking to grow your career in a company that values steady progress, real impact, and long-term development, we’d like to meet you!

Position Summary

We’re hiring a Senior Backend Developer to build and maintain the services, APIs, and integrations behind our enterprise-grade applications. This is a hands-on development role: you’ll write Java and Spring Boot code every day, design APIs and data models, and work closely with your Team Lead, frontend developers, and cross-functional partners to deliver secure, reliable solutions. You’ll also bring strong, practical AI skills, using AI coding assistants and agents every day to design, build, test, and ship. It’s a great fit for a developer who thrives in fast-paced, agile environments and enjoys learning from and helping teammates.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Work hands-on with AI coding assistants and agents in your daily development, from implementation through testing, code review, and debugging.
• Build and integrate RESTful and SOAP-based services, including modern authentication (SAML, PingFederate).
• Design data models and write efficient queries across relational and NoSQL databases.
• Build on AWS services such as EC2, S3, SNS, Secrets Manager, and Cognito.
• Write automated unit and integration tests for the functionality you develop.
• Document and test APIs using Postman and Swagger.
• Turn business requirements into clean, secure, and maintainable code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, staging, and production.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical design discussions, and team best practices, including how the team uses AI tools.
• Collaborate with your Team Lead, frontend developers, and cross-functional teams to deliver on commitments.

What success looks like

• Delivery: you consistently ship well-tested services and features that meet requirements and land on time
• Code quality: your code is clean, secure, and maintainable, and holds up well in code review
• AI-assisted development: you use AI coding tools and agents effectively and safely, and share what works with the team
• API quality: the APIs you build are well designed, documented, and tested through Postman and Swagger, and easy for frontend and integration partners to consume
• Performance and reliability: your services and queries perform well and hold up under real-world load
• Testing: automated unit and integration tests cover the functionality you build
• Stability: you help identify and resolve issues across development, staging, and production

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience in backend application development
• Strong, hands-on use of AI in software development: coding assistants and agents (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor), agentic workflows, and AI-assisted testing, debugging, and code review. You should be able to demonstrate this live, with real examples of how it has made you more effective
• Good judgment on AI output: knowing when to trust it, how to verify it, and how to keep code quality, security, and maintainability high
• Strong proficiency in Java and the Spring / Spring Boot framework
• Experience designing and building REST, JSON, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs and integrations
• Solid experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB, including data modeling and query performance
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including EC2, S3, SNS, Secrets Manager, and Cognito
• Experience with authentication and authorization, including protocols such as SAML and PingFederate
• Experience with API design and testing (Postman, Swagger) and testing automation, including automated unit and integration tests
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Good communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Node.js.
• Containerization with Docker.
• DevOps tools and automation frameworks such as Ansible.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as CloudWatch and Datadog.
• Familiarity with a frontend framework such as Angular or React.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience with legacy-to-modern tech migrations.
• AWS Developer certification.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Standard days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, during normal core business hours. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Compensation

The good faith compensation range for this role is $125,000 - $135,000 CAD annually. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Other Duties

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time according to business needs.

The performance of additional responsibilities if you are designated as a Data Protection Champion (DPC), Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) or Information Assurance Accounting Officer (IAAO).

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

AAP/EEO Statement

Accommodations Plus International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

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