Lead Physical Access Engineer
- Role
- Backend
- Experience
- Lead
- Employment
- Full-time
Open to US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Lead hands-on engineer to own Canary's Physical Access product: Mobile Key and hotel lock-vendor integrations. Must lead a pod, own architecture, and build reliable, secure, low-latency systems for physical entry. United States role.
About Us Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality-specific AI platform.
Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 100+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.
Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, F-Prime, Brighton Park Capital and Insight Partners.
Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!
About the Role We're looking for a Lead Engineer to own Canary's Physical Access product — Mobile Key and the integrations that let hotel guests unlock doors from their phones across a wide range of lock vendors. You'll lead a pod of engineers, set the bar as a hands-on IC, and own the architecture of a system that has to be reliable, secure, and low-latency at the moment of guest arrival. You'll partner closely with Product to expand lock-vendor coverage and deepen the Mobile Key experience, and collaborate with the Arrivals and Kiosk teams where the guest journey connects. The systems you own directly gate physical entry, so discipline around security, reliability, and operational excellence is essential.
What you'll do
- Own Canary's Physical Access product — Mobile Key and the integrations that let hotel guests unlock doors from their phones across a wide range of lock vendors.
- Lead a pod of engineers.
- Set the bar as a hands-on IC.
- Own the architecture of a system that has to be reliable, secure, and low-latency at the moment of guest arrival.
- Partner closely with Product to expand lock-vendor coverage and deepen the Mobile Key experience.
- Collaborate with the Arrivals and Kiosk teams where the guest journey connects.
What they require
- Discipline around security, reliability, and operational excellence is essential.
Benefits
- Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off.
- Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals.
- Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross functional professional development conversations across the organization.
- Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so. Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city!
- Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay.
Hospitality Technology