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. 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!

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 robust, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

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. 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 API design and testing (Postman, Swagger) and testing automation, including automated unit and integration tests

Experience with Node.js.

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.

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.

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

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).

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

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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📌 Backend Developer - Full time - Senior (Markham)
🏢 Accommodations Plus International
📍 Markham