Tech Lead (Cross Product Services)

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 Tech Lead for our cross-product services team, you will become a part of a team that is focused on optimizing the efficiency of our finance, sales and other operational teams. As one of the founding members of this team, you'll have the opportunity to shape its direction and strategy, while also initially contributing as a backend developer. In this role, you will be part of a product trio, where you'll act as the technical partner to a product manager and designer.

Where you will have impact:

• Execute and drive a development roadmap together with your team
• Work closely together with the product manager and designer of your product trio to define and manage the roadmap of your domain.
• Play a leading role during the development phase, by facilitating the relevant scrum ceremonies, as well as ensuring the dev team has all the context needed for a successful implementation
• Actively participate in the product ideation process by suggesting product improvements, translating product goals and product feedback into high level functional designs, and be a critical voice in the process
• Represent and communicate the technical impact of your roadmap both to fellow engineering teams as well as other non-technical stakeholders
• Build up a deep knowledge and understanding about repositories and capabilities of related teams (design, API) and advise them during developments
• Be the technical go-to-person for your domain
• Review technical issues and escalations and take action where necessary
• Coach new engineers into understanding the technical background of your domain
• Lead technology & architectural choices in your domain
• Design, scope and implement complex features that may not be well defined
• Have strong, well-founded opinions about how to build software in your domain, but be adaptable and open to new ideas
• Have a long term vision on the technical capabilities, growth and the role of the team
• Grow a great team
• Hire, develop and coach an exceptional team of engineers.
• Coach team members on personal and professional development
• Plan and prioritize work within your domain roadmap(s), absorbing planning complexity for team members
• Make your team a better place and feel part of Lighthouse’s mission
• Partner with engineering leadership to define strategy and vision on technology, product or team-related topics and take responsibility in defining how that impacts your team

About our team:

You’ll be joining a new dev team & product trio 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 payment, user management, access management, one-click setup, etc. You will be a partner towards business teams to fulfill your team’s goal, as well as towards other product dev teams, supporting their work by providing this service layer functionality. 

Who you are:

• At least 5 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,...) 
• Experience in shaping and managing a backlog of a product or technical domain
• Experience in people management
• Comfortable guiding and coordinate work among a team of both juniors and seniors
• Ability to coach your team, both the juniors and seniors
• Actively addresses problems when identified and assumes responsibility for work 
• Able to lead, prioritize, delegate and inspire in an ambiguous, highly dynamic, and highly demanding technology environment
• A clear communicator, fluent in English

We welcome:

• Knowledge of the Django framework
• Experience writing Go
• Experience with frontend development

Technologies you’ll work with:

Python, Django, Go, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch

 (feel free to ask us why these are the best fit for us)

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 85,000+ 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.

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. 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.

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.