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

Apaleo; München; Hybrid; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible work options

Deutschland Ticket

Team events

30 days holiday

Wellpass membership

Zusammenfassung

Apaleo is Munich-based, offering an API-first property management platform driving hospitality tech. You will join the Platform team as an individual contributor, owning large initiatives end to end and shaping platform direction with autonomy.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive technical excellence and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable backend systems. We expect 8+ years in backend development, strong cloud and distributed systems skills, and proven leadership in platform-scale projects.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years backend development with leadership exposure.
• Experience designing distributed systems in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred).
• Strong engineering fundamentals across languages and clouds.

Aufgaben

• Architect and develop scalable backend systems with high availability.
• Lead architectural decisions with cross-team alignment.
• Drive large, cross-cutting initiatives end to end.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical excellence.
• Build and maintain internal tools and infrastructure (AWS, Terraform).
• Own observability, logging and incident readiness.

Kenntnisse

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Mentoring

AWS

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software

SCM knowledge

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jobbeschreibung

JoinApaleoand shape the future of hospitality tech

Apaleois the world’s most open, API-first property management platform fueling 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’ll join 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).
• 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.

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 Affermiative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse,inclusiveand welcoming workplace. 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.