Senior Backend Engineer

As a Senior Backend Engineer you are responsible for building high-quality APIs that transform terabytes of data into valuable insights for over 100,000 hotels worldwide. In our Cross Product Services Team, you will work closely with the product team and a talented group of software engineers and DevOps engineers. Your focus will be on developing clean, readable, and scalable code and designing comprehensive solutions.

Where you will have impact

• You will develop new features and improve existing functionalities, to drive the efficiency of our internal teams.
• You will design, code, and maintain Python and occasionally Go (micro)services.
• You will implement and monitor services in a reproducible and scalable manner.
• You will work with diverse, complex datasets.
• You will experiment with, conceive, and take ownership of a part of our codebase/infrastructure and optimize it.
• You ensure high-quality results through extensive testing.
• You are part of product scrum teams and create high-quality and efficient APIs.
• You will be at the forefront of our AI evolution, helping to embed intelligence into our platform. You'll not only build AI features for our customers but also champion an AI-first development culture within the engineering team.

Technologies you will work with

Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Istio, Python, Django, Cloud SQL (feel free to ask us why these suit us best).

About our team

You'll be joining a new development team named Cross-Product Services. Their primary goal is to improve efficiency of our finance, sales & other operational teams by automating steps that are currently taken manually. The team will do this by building & improving client-facing product modules spanning the entire Lighthouse product portfolio. Examples are payments, user management, access management, one-click setup, etc. As one of the founding members of this team, you'll have the opportunity to shape its direction and build a strong foundation to further grow the team.The overall engineering team is highly skilled and has hubs in Ghent and Madrid. We offer you the best tools, equipment, and atmosphere to work wherever you want.

• Multiple years of professional experience as a backend developer:

• Experience writing Python
• Experience working with web application frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI, Express. Ruby on Rails, Laravel, Phoenix,...)

• You have experience with microservice architectures and a cloud platform (we work with GCP).
• You are passionate about efficiency and performance optimization and delivering high quality work.
• You have an affinity for challenging the status quo of API design and architecture.
• You are an open communicator, in our team as well as with other teams.
• You are a forward-thinking builder who views AI as a core component of modern architecture. You have a proven interest (or experience) in working with LLMs, agentic workflows, or AI-assisted coding tools to ship higher-quality code, faster.
• You speak fluent English.

We welcome

• Experience with CRM and payment provider integrations.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration.

• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
• Alan Flex benefits: 160€/month for food or nursery.
• Flexible retribution: Optional benefits through tax-free payroll deductions for food, transportation and/or nursery.
• Wellbeing support: Subsidized ClassPass subscription.
• Comprehensive health insurance: 100% Alan coverage for you, your spouse, and dependents.
• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide.
• Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

At Lighthouse, we're on a mission to disrupt commercial strategy for the hospitality industry. Our innovative commercial platform takes the complexity out of data, empowering businesses with actionable insights, advanced pricing tools, and cutting-edge business intelligence to unlock their full revenue potential. Backed by $370 million in series C funding and driven by an unwavering passion for growth, we've welcomed five companies into our journey and have surpassed $100 million in ARR in 2024. Our 850+ teammates span 35 countries and represent 34 nationalities. At Lighthouse, we're more than just a workplace - we're a community. Collaborative, fun, and deeply committed, we work hard together to revolutionize the hospitality sector. Are you ready to join us and shine brighter in the industry's most exciting rocket-ship?, Thank you for considering a career with Lighthouse. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values equal opportunity for all. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. We actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process and during employment to ensure all qualified candidates can participate fully. Our commitment to equality is not just a policy; it's part of our culture. If you share our passion for innovation and teamwork, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of the hospitality industry. At Lighthouse, our guiding light is to be an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply. Not ticking every box? No problem! We value diverse backgrounds and unique skill sets. If your experience looks a little different from what we've described, but you're passionate about what we do and are a quick learner, we'd love to hear from you. We value the unique perspective and talents that you bring, and we're excited to see how your light can shine within our team. We can't wait to meet you and explore how we can grow and succeed together, illuminating the path towards a brighter future for the industry. #LI-Hybrid