Engineering · Seoul · Full-time

Frontend Engineer

Vacatio Solution is an AI all-in-one PMS where a host handles everything from booking to settlement on one screen. The channel manager, AI dynamic pricing, the self check-in kiosk and the smart door lock all move on the same data. The screen is where all of that reaches a person, and this role builds that screen.

About VACATIO

For those who want a fine life

How do you define a fine life? For Team VACATIO, it’s a life lived in earnest.

We Make Life a Journey

So we make life as exciting as travel, and travel as easy as life.

Vacatio Solution

An AI all-in-one PMS that takes a host from booking to settlement in one tool. It comes in two editions: unattended solo operation, and multi-staff operation.

Channel manager & AI dynamic pricing

Holds one inventory across many sales channels without overbooking, and recomputes the rate on top of it every day.

Hardware — locks, kiosks, AI response

Smart locks and room controllers, self check-in kiosks, and call-and-text AI all move on the same flow as the booking data.

FineStay

The app where travelers find boutique stays and book them outright, with no inquiry.

VACATIO Hotel Samseong

A hotel we run ourselves — the living lab where we prove what we build alongside real guests. It opens formally in October 2026.

Through these products we change countless moments every day. We now process over ₩50B in transaction volume a year, thousands of properties run on our service, we have raised ₩6B, and we have stayed operationally profitable for two consecutive years. Investors and the industry pay attention — but what we’re actually proud of is the people on this team.

Our dream is to beat Airbnb. We want to do it with people who carry big, romantic dreams.

What you'll do

  • Design and build the booking, room, rate and settlement screens of the Vacatio Solution PMS.
  • Make the inventory and rate status of every sales channel legible at a glance in the channel manager.
  • Build the interface where an operator can understand and approve what AI dynamic pricing suggests.
  • Surface and control the state of kiosks and smart door locks from the operating screens.
  • Build the web surfaces that connect through to the FineStay app.
  • Take feedback from the properties actually using it and keep the screen structure and frontend architecture in order.

What we look for

  • You have designed and shipped a screen that handles genuinely complicated data.
  • You have carried an idea all the way from prototype to shipped product.
  • You have visibly moved a UI forward through performance and quality work.
  • You have used AI tooling (Cursor, for example) to push your own throughput hard.
  • You genuinely immerse yourself in user problems and have improved the experience because of it.
  • You have at least six months of professional experience.

Tech stack

React, TypeScript, Next.jsWebSocket, SSEReact-Query, RecoilStyled-components, Tailwind CSSGithub, Vercel

People first, role second

The work and requirements above matter, of course. But before the role, we are people — and we are looking for teammates who can run in step with us. People first, role second.

Listing out specialties often makes us self-conscious — what we thought was our edge frequently turns out to be an edge in one particular environment only. So we look less at who ticks the boxes and more at who we can be with for the long run.

Honestly, this is not a team that is only comfortable. The direction changes often and there is a lot of work. We do not take that for granted, so we try hard to reward contribution as it comes. What carried us through the chaotic stretches, in the end, was trust in each other.

Read the founder’s full letter

Tips for your application

Your path to joining

1

Application

We review your free-form application for fit with the role and with VACATIO.

2

1st interview

A culture-fit conversation with the hiring team. Over the phone, 15–30 minutes.

3

2nd interview

Your experience and projects, with the team you’d work in. 30–60 minutes.

4

3rd interview

With leadership, building on your application and earlier interviews. 30–60 minutes.

5

Offer

We agree on terms, confirm the offer, and walk you through joining.

A word from the team waiting for you

Someone who wants to go all in on something — and hasn’t found what yet

That’s who we want first. Right now we have more problems to solve than hard ones — we’re looking for people who can pour hours into solving them.

Please note

Sound like you? Let’s talk.