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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Backend EngineerNew - **Company:** Lighthouse Intelligence Ltd. - **Location:** Gent, Belgium (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), BigQuery, Data Governance, Django Web Framework, Ember.Js, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Web Application Frameworks, ReactJS, Backend, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines, Golang - **Published:** June 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://be.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0ae9656e7d185c5c ## About the Role Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * Strong backend development skills with solid experience in at least one of Go or Python/Django. * Proven ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional squad with clear and transparent communication. * An architectural mindset with clear opinions on service boundaries, data ownership, and technical tradeoffs. * Hands-on experience with AI coding tools like Claude Code, with a positive attitude toward integrating them into your workflow. * A product-minded approach, with a focus on understanding the user and business impact of your technical decisions. * A proactive, collaborative, and ownership-driven approach to your work. * The ability to read, reason about, and contribute to frontend code when needed. * Fluent in English. ## Description As a Senior Backend Engineer you will be a key player in developing our core pricing manager system, which covers critical features like overbooking autopilot and our new Recommendations Engine. Your work will focus on building distributed services, APIs, and the infrastructure that powers our pricing recommendations. You will collaborate closely with data science engineers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver high-impact solutions for the hospitality industry., * Develop and maintain backend services for our core Revenue Management System. * Build and manage distributed services, data pipelines, and autopilot infrastructure using Go and Python. * Collaborate within a cross-functional squad to deliver high-quality, impactful features from concept to deployment. * Apply your architectural thinking to influence decisions on service boundaries, data ownership, and technical tradeoffs. * Utilize AI coding tools like Claude Code to accelerate development, documentation, and other daily tasks. * Contribute to the full development lifecycle, including reading, reviewing, and occasionally contributing to our frontend codebase. * Ensure the reliability and performance of our systems, which expose pricing recommendations to key internal services., * Experience with the other backend language you have less experience in (Go or Python/Django). * Familiarity with our frontend stack (Ember.js/TypeScript) or other modern frameworks like React. 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