Staff Backend Engineer (.NET) (f/m/d)

Jackalope Digital LLC; München; Hybrid; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Deutschland Ticket

Hybrid/Remote-friendly

Team dinners & events

Zusammenfassung

Apaleo is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for its Platform in Munich. You will own large, cross-functional platform initiatives, shape architecture, and drive end-to-end delivery with autonomy, mentoring engineers and ensuring reliability. The role emphasizes cloud-native design, AWS, and IaC maturity.

You will work in a hybrid setup from Munich with remote options within Germany, collaborating with a diverse team to advance hospitality tech at scale.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years backend development experience.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems in cloud-native environments.
• Fluent English and strong collaboration skills.
• Experience with AWS; Azure fundamentals are a plus.
• Containerised services and infrastructure-as-code (Docker, Terraform).

Aufgaben

• Architect and develop scalable backend systems.
• Own large technical initiatives from ambiguity to completion.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence.
• Maintain observability and reliable operations for the platform.

Kenntnisse

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

AWS

Azure

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

C# .NET

PostgreSQL

Unit testing

English

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

ECS

Jobbeschreibung

Staff Backend Engineer – Platform

JoinApaleoand shape the future of hospitality tech

Apaleisk the world's most open, API-first property management platform powering the next generation of hospitality operations. Its modular, AI-powered infrastructure lets hotelierscustomisetheir tech stack, automate routine work and deliver seamless,personalisedguest experiences, powered by best-in-class apps and autonomous AI agents that adapt to every stay.

Ifyou'redriven by the idea of making hospitality smarter, morehumanand powered bycutting-edgetechnology,we'dlove to hear from you.

About the role

You'lljoin our Platform team as an individual contributor working closely with our Principal Engineer, who leads Platform's technical direction. Platform owns infrastructure, developer experience and security foundations for the whole engineering org, so this is a high-ownership seat: you'll take on large, ambiguous, cross-cutting initiatives and drive them from first analysis through to completion, with real autonomy over how you get there.

Wedon'trun a groomed backlog or sprint planning. We assign a big topic to someone who ownsitend to end. If you thrive with structure handed to you, thisisn'tthe role; if you love spotting the problem worth solving and driving it yourself,you'llfit right in.

What you'll be up to

• Architecting and developing scalable,reliableand maintainable backend systems.

• Self-identifying and scoping problems and initiatives, not just executing assigned tickets: assessing impact,prioritisationand timing independently.

• Leading architectural decisions and design discussions with cross-team alignment.

• Driving large, ambiguous, cross-cutting initiatives end to end, including coordination with multiple stakeholders.

• Mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence.

• Building andmaintaininginternal tools and infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) that empower teams to deliver faster and more reliably.

• Owning observability,loggingand operational excellence to keep the platformhighly available.

• Participating in on-call rotations and stepping in as a reliable problem solver during incidents.

• Proactively spotting where AI and automation can drive technical improvement.

Some of the challenges waiting for you

• Solving horizontal write-scaling for our database (we already scale reads horizontally).

• Modernisingour CI/CD pipeline for faster, more reliable delivery.

• Migrating our infrastructure-as-code fully from CloudFormation to Terraform, including the ability to recreate anApaleoenvironment from scratch.

• Extracting and reworking common services (like shared schedulers) to get us ready for our next scale level.

What you'll bring to the team

• 8+ years of backend development experience, including several years in a staff-level or technical leadership role.

• Strong engineering fundamentals that transfer across languages and cloud platforms: we care more about how you think than which stackyou'veused.

• A track recordof owning large technical initiatives from ambiguity through to completion, ideally on a platform or infrastructure team rather than a pure product team.

• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred; strong Azure fundamentals with genuine enthusiasm for the switch work just as well).

• Comfortable working withcontainerisedservices and infrastructure-as-code (Docker,Terraform; CloudFormation exposure is relevant given our current stack).

• Confidence writing your own unit and integration tests: wedon'thave a dedicated QA function.

• Fluent English.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with C# (.NET), PostgreSQL,AWSand ECS/Kubernetes: a great fit, though not a hard requirement if your fundamentals are strong.

• Experience setting up infrastructure-as-code from scratch and working with it day to day, ideally with Terraform, including migrating orconsolidatingfrom otherIaCapproaches (like CloudFormation).

• Experience with Kafka or other event-driven and streaming systems (Azure Service Bus experience is a good transferable equivalent).

• Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, ChatGPT, AmazonCodeWhisperer) and a genuine interest in AI-driven engineering improvement.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, particularly for introducingnew technology, like AI tooling, to other teams.

What we offer

Culture and growth

• A diverse and international team: work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities.

• Growth and development: 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget and an evolving career framework.

• Autonomy and ownership: we empower you to take responsibility, make decisions and contribute directlyinan environment built on trust and transparency.

• Shape the future of hospitality tech: your work drives real impact from day one, at a fast-growing scale-up.

• Competitive and fair compensation, guided by benchmarking data to ensure fairness across all roles and teams.

Perks and lifestyle

• Flexible and remote work options: office, home or hybrid, based on what works for your role and team.

• A fully covered Deutschland Ticket for free public transport across Germany.

• Regular team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest celebrations, Christmaspartiesand other offsite events.

• 30 days of paid holiday to fully disconnect, recharge and return inspired.

• An EGYMWellpassmembership giving access to hundreds of gyms, fitnessstudiosand wellness options.

Where you'll work from

This role is based in Munich, with hybrid working from our office there. We're also open to remote within Germany, or remote via an Employer of Record for candidates based outside in the EU/ Europe.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Aff We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of race,colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status,disabilityor any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and in compliance with GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. We celebrate differences and believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.

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