Full Stack Engineer

About PaviliaPavilia is the AI travel companion for study-abroad students. Just tell Pavilia what you’re looking for, and our AI builds a complete, bookable itinerary with transportation, hotels, tickets, and restaurants booked in one go, for solo travelers and groups alike. We’re an early-stage startup moving fast toward our first paying customers, and we’re building the core team that gets us there.The RoleWe’re hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer to own features end-to-end across our product, from theinterfaces students book with to the APIs and AI systems behind them. You’ll join a small, fast-moving team where your work ships quickly and has real, visible impact on the product and the business. This is a hands-on building role for someone who wants ownership, not a cog in a large machine.What you’ll do• Design, build, and ship full-stack features across the web app, from UI to API to database• Integrate and harden third-party services (flights via Duffel, payments via Stripe, messaging via Twilio andResend, auth via Auth0)• Extend our AI itinerary engine, which uses the Anthropic (Claude) SDK to turn prompts into bookable trips• Model data with Drizzle ORM and PostgreSQL, and keep the system reliable, observable, and fast• Write tests, review code, and help set engineering standards as we scale• Collaborate closely with the founders on product direction and prioritiesOur stack• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, Framer Motion• Backend: Next.js API routes, Node, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, Zod, pg-boss• Integrations: Anthropic (Claude) SDK, Stripe, Duffel, Auth0, Twilio, Resend• Quality & infra: Vitest, Playwright, ESLint, Prettier, Sentry, Datadog, PostHog, VercelWhat we’re looking for• 2–5 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping web applications• Strong across the stack, with real depth in TypeScript and a modern framework (React/Next.js preferred)• Solid experience with relational databases, SQL, and building/consuming REST APIs• Comfortable owning features end-to-end and making pragmatic decisions in an early-stage environment• Strong communication and a bias toward shipping• Excited about travel, AI, or consumer products• Strong experience with ClaudeNice to have• Experience integrating payments (Stripe) or third-party APIs at production quality• Experience with LLM/AI product features• Startup or founding-team experienceWhat you’ll get• Equity compensation (stock options), with percentage based on experience and further discussion• High ownership and real impact as an early engineer on the team• A modern, well-tooled codebase and a fast path from idea to production• Direct collaboration with the founders on product and technical direction• A hybrid schedule that balances focused remote work with in-person collaborationHow to applyApply through LinkedIn, or send your resume, GitHub/portfolio link, and a short note on something you’veshipped to careers@pavilia.ai