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Backend Engineer

**Job Details**

* Engineering
* Belgium - Ghent
* Full-Time/Hybrid

**What you will do**

As a Backend Engineer, you will build the high-performance APIs that transform terabytes of data into valuable insights for over 100,000 hotels worldwide. You will help support our existing BI customer base and develop features to attract new customers. You are passionate about writing clean, readable, and scalable code to help our customers make well-informed decisions. You will work in close collaboration with our product team and a talented group of software engineers, DevOps engineers to drive key initiatives forward.

Where you will have impact
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* Architect, code, and maintain new and existing Python and Go microservices.
* Deploy and monitor services in a reproducible and scalable way.
* Crunch large amounts of data on the fly in API implementations and data processing jobs to master our complex datasets.
* Take ownership of our codebase and infrastructure, finding ways to improve performance and structure, including the use of AI tools to accelerate development.
* Ensure high-quality deliverables through extensive testing as part of your development process.
* Collaborate within product scrum teams to create high-performing and efficient APIs for new feature developments.

About our team
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You will join a highly skilled engineering team that manages services for the largest set of hotel metadata in the hospitality industry. We design, implement, and integrate the entire landscape that supports our business-critical processes, working on features for our BI tools and new performance plans. Our team architects the core abstractions and backend components that empower other engineering teams, playing a vital part in exposing data points to our internal services. You'll be part of a dynamic team with hubs in Ghent and Barcelona, collaborating with other engineers and business power users.

**What's in it for you?**

* Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
* Career development: Workshops, frameworks, and trainings to maximize your professional potential.
* Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000 users worldwide.
* Mobility options: Mobility budget or company car (based on your job category).
* Net allowance: Support for home office related expenses.
* Vouchers: Lunch vouchers \& Eco vouchers.
* Comprehensive health insurance: Extensive coverage for you and your dependents.
* Pension funding: Group insurance to secure your future.
* Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

Who you are
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* Strong professional experience in a similar Backend Engineer role.
* Strong experience writing Python and/or Go for microservice architectures on a cloud platform like GCP (or any public cloud provider).
* Proven experience dealing with large datasets in a NoSQL environment and a passion for performance optimizations.
* Strong architectural thinking with a clear opinion on API design and architecture.
* Hands-on experience with AI coding tools like Claude Code, with a positive attitude and a clear opinion on their application.
* A proactive, self-learning mindset with a strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills.
* Fluent in English.

**We welcome**

* Experience with the other language (Python or Go) you have less experience in.
* A product-minded approach to engineering.
* Familiarity with Elixir/Elm.

Technologies you will work with
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Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Python, Django, Go, BigQuery, Spanner, Claude Code.

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Backend Engineer

Bedrijf:
Lighthouse
Gemeente:
Ghent
Contracttype: 
Voltijds, Vast contract
Categorieën: 
ICT, DevOps Engineer, Python Developer, .NET Developer, Construction Design Engineer, Test automation Engineer, Community Manager, Back-End Developer
Opleidingsniveau: 
Master
Gepubliceerd:
05.06.2026
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