Lead Software Engineer

About Inhabit

Inhabit operates a unique collective of tech-forward companies serving the residential, commercial, and short-term rental industries. Our team members deliver best-in-class software solutions and services while fostering innovation and collaboration with business leaders and industry experts. Inhabit believes that property managers are central to the success of the residential and short-term rental markets and delivers products built to empower them, their investors, and communities. Come help build the company you want to Inhabit. To learn more, visit inhabit.com. 

About iTrip

iTrip, a subsidiary of Inhabit, is a world-class short-term rental property management franchisor, with franchise locations in over 100 destinations across North America. iTrip uses proprietary technology to drive revenue and unit acquisition goals for franchisees while creating lifelong memories for our rental guests.

Job Description Summary

Lead Software Engineer with a strong background in SaaS software development. As a Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for developing best-in-class solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for helping to ensure software solutions meet compliance requirements, as well as providing robust, efficient, easy-to-use functionality that will set our features apart from the competition.

The ideal candidate for this role will have extensive experience in PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL. A high level of comfort with vanilla PHP (no framework) is a must. You should be comfortable working full stack – frontend and backend. Solid skills with React is highly desirable, particularly if you have experience migrating from older JavaScript frameworks to React.

You should be a self-starter and an independent learner that will take the initiative to solve problems and get the job done. You should thrive in fast-paced environments where each team member's contributions are vital to the overall success of the product. You can articulate your ideas for improvement well and are comfortable working with an international development team. You are a highly capable mentor for other engineers and enjoy teaching and collaborating. If you are a software engineer with a passion for building robust, scalable, and efficient solutions, we encourage you to apply today.

What You’ll Do (Functions & Responsibilities)

• Develop, troubleshoot, and maintain application code for existing functionality
• Collaborate with the team in defining architecture; implement data contracts; identify and proactively advise on potential risks to success
• Design, develop, and test new modules throughout their life cycle - Translate design vision provided by the management team
• Learn, understand, and use PHP and JavaScript used by the application; contribute to development, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the application as needed
• Manage application dependencies
• Implement and maintain unit tests
• Perform Code Reviews for other developers
• Mentor other developers on the team to help them grow their skillsets and improve their efficiency and code hygiene
• Research and recommend changes to the management team to improve application and user experience
• Follow any coding conventions, policies, and procedures provided, meeting industry standards and any compliance requirements

What We’re Looking For (Minimum qualifications)

• 8+ years of development experience with PHP, with meaningful time spent working on high-load systems
• 5+ Significant experience working with MySQL writing highly optimized SQL queries and stored procedures
• 5+ years of development experience with JavaScript and experience with React is desirable
• 3+ years in SaaS development
• Expert level comfort with Git and GitHub, REST services, Bash scripting, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Significant experience in learning and understanding complex codebases through independent exploration

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.

Type

• Full Time, Salaried, Exempt

Location/Travel

• Knoxville, TN (Hybrid)

Benefits Include

• Competitive Pay
• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Plans
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Critical Illness
• Accident
• 401k Plan with discretionary company match
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Company Paid $25,000.00 life insurance
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Inhabit Employee Discount Programs

Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all federal, state, and local laws, including providing reasonable accommodations to applicants.