Luca is a cutting-edge hospitality and venue management platform, powering digital experiences across restaurants, hotels, and entertainment venues. Our microservice architecture enables seamless guest journeys—from reservations and digital check-ins to payments and beyond.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) to join our Platform Team and help shape the foundation of our core backend services. In this role, you’ll work on critical systems like payment processing, hotel integrations, and gastronomy solutions. You'll play a key part in building MVPs, scaling systems, and continuously improving our architecture, performance, and reliability.

Tasks

Design, develop, and maintain Node.js TypeScript microservices within our event-driven architecture
Improve and extend our payment system integrations with various POS providers (e.g. Oracle Simphony, Vectron, Gastrofix, Mews)
Enhance asynchronous operations through Kafka, supporting scalable, real-time event handling
Optimize PostgreSQL interactions using the Sequelize ORM for performance and reliability
Ensure robust security standards across all payment processing workflows
Contribute to our containerized infrastructure using Kubernetes and manage deployments with Kapitan

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development experience
Strong expertise in TypeScript and Node.js with modern ES features
Solid experience with microservice architecture and event-driven systems (Kafka)
Proficiency in RESTful API design and implementation
In-depth knowledge of PostgreSQL and ORM frameworks like Sequelize
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration
Understanding of payment processing systems, security requirements, and gateway integrations (e.g. Adyen) is a plus
Familiarity with POS/PMS systems and integration patterns (e.g. Oracle Simphony, Vectron, Mews) is a plus
Comfort with asynchronous programming and WebSocket implementations
Experience with dependency injection frameworks (e.g. tsyringe)
Strong testing practices, including unit, integration, and E2E testing
Understanding of API security, rate limiting, and observability tools

Benefits

Work on a modern, technically challenging platform used by millions
Contribute to architecture decisions and technical direction
Collaborative, engineering-focused culture
Opportunity to grow into tech leadership roles
Competitive compensation package and attractive benefits (e.g. lunch vouchers, birthday gift, Urban Sports discount,..)

If you're passionate about building scalable backend systems and want to make a meaningful impact on the hospitality industry, we'd love to hear from you.

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