Lead Backend Engineer

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 700+ 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? 🚀

What you will do

As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will be a foundational member of a new team within our “Indie” vertical. You’ll be dedicated to building the best all-in-one commercial platform for small independent hotels. Our vertical is at a pivotal and exciting stage. Following a recent acquisition, we are on a mission to unify our product lines into a seamless platform. This presents a unique technical challenge: integrating different technological stacks (Python/Go/.NET).

You will not just be writing code; you will be a key voice in architectural decisions, helping us navigate this mixed-tech landscape. Your work will directly contribute to migrating, integrating, and building the future of our platform, minimizing dependencies and empowering our team to be truly self-sufficient. If you are a pragmatic engineer who thrives on solving complex puzzles and shaping a product's technical future, this is the role for you.

Where you will have impact

• Own and evolve our backend services, bridging the gap between our Python, Go, and .NET stacks.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Guarantee the performance, scalability, and reliability of our systems as we process large volumes of real-time data.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, striking a balance between pragmatic solutions and long-term quality.
• Lead architectural discussions and play a key role in shaping the technical evolution of our platform.
• Proactively manage project momentum by anticipating roadblocks, proposing solutions, and delivering impactful results.
• Mentor and elevate your teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.

About our team

We help small independent hotels set the right price, on the right day, across all their bookable channels. While our existing products are integrated, the features and technology are still fragmented over several applications. This new team is tasked with building a seamless experience for end-users and improving efficiency for other teams such as customer care, finance, other engineers.

The team will consist of frontend and backend engineers and will closely collaborate with similar teams in the indie vertical, leveraging their existing knowledge to make the best technical decisions. You will also closely collaborate with data teams that help organise and crunch terabytes of data and integration teams that collect and distribute data across the hotel-technology landscape.

What's in it for you?

• Flexible working environment: Work from home or at one of our global offices.
• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
• Collaborative team: High-bar, friendly, creative, and passionate colleagues.
• Career development: Workshops, frameworks, tools, training, and processes to realize your full potential.
• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 75,000+ users worldwide.
• Mobility options: Mobility budget or company car tailored to your needs.
• Comprehensive health insurance: Extensive coverage for you and your dependents.
• Private pension funding: Group insurance to secure your future.
• Competitive compensation: Proactively maintained to value your work.
• Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

Who you are

• Multiple years of experience as a backend engineer, with a track record of owning complex projects from concept to production.
• A polyglot mindset with a genuine excitement for working across multiple languages and frameworks.
• Strong skills in software architecture, data modeling, and system design for APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with both relational and NoSQL databases and a clear understanding of their trade-offs.
• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving, adept at navigating existing systems while building for the future.
• Experience defining the technical vision for and delivering large, business-impacting projects.

We welcome

• Previous experience in a technical integration role, especially in a post-acquisition environment.
• Previous experience in following programming languages: Python / GoLang / .NET.

Technologies you will work with

• High-level programming languages such as Python, C#, Go
• Web frameworks: Django, .NET Core, .NET, Chi
• Relational & Non-relational databases
• RESTful APIs, API Gateways and Event-driven systems
• Google Cloud Platform & Microsoft Azure

#LI-Hybrid

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