Lead Back-end Engineer

elockers; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 170,000 - 110,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Elockers leads the way in secure, scalable smart lockers across events and venues. We are scaling and seeking a Lead Engineer to be the senior technical anchor of a hands-on team, turning business priorities into reliable technical plans and deliverables.

You'll own backend architecture, guide migration from monolith to microservices, and raise the bar on CI/CD, testing, security and documentation while strengthening our payments infrastructure with Adyen integrations.

Qualifications

• Senior experience building and operating backend systems and microservices.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with payments, finance or marketplace platforms. Adyen is a strong plus.
• PHP/Laravel experience is a strong plus.
• Experience leading or acting as the technical anchor of a small engineering team.
• Record of improving engineering practice such as CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with founders and commercial stakeholders.
• Hands-on, programmatic and excited about AI-assisted software development.

Responsibilities

• Own the backend architecture and guide the evolution from our legacy monolith to microservices.
• Raise the engineering bar around CI/CD, testing, documentation, security and reliability.
• Strengthen our payment system infrastructure, including Adyen integrations, payouts and reconciliation.
• Lead and mentor a small team of hands-on developers.
• Reduce key-person dependency through better documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Help define how we use AI-assisted development effectively and safely.
• Bridge business priorities and engineering execution.

Skills

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

Payments/Adyen

PHP/Laravel

Team leadership

CI/CD/testing

AI-assisted development

Communication with founders

Job description

HelpbuildtheengineeringfoundationforElockers'nextstageofinternationalgrowth.

Elockerspowerssmartlockersatfestivals,venuesandeventsacrosssixcountries.Ourplatformhandlesreal-timepayments,marketplace-stylepayoutsandhigh-volumesalesmomentswherelargepartsofasitecanselloutwithinminutes.

We'renowscalingthebusinessandwe'relookingforaseniorengineerwhowantstohavearealimpactonhowwebuild,operateandevolvetheplatform.

THE ROLE

AsourLeadEngineer,you'llbetheseniortechnicalanchorofasmall,hands-onengineeringteam.

You'llcombinearchitecture,codingandtechnicalleadership.Workingcloselywiththefoundersandcommercialteam,you'llturnbusinessprioritiesintocleartechnicalplansandreliabledelivery.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• Own the backend architecture and guide the evolution from our legacy monolith to microservices.
• Raise the engineering bar around CI/CD, testing, documentation, security and reliability.
• Strengthen our payment system infrastructure, including Adyen integrations, payouts and reconciliation.
• Lead and mentor a small team of hands-on developers.
• Reduce key-person dependency through better documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Help define how we use AI-assisted development effectively and safely.
• Bridge business priorities and engineering execution.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Senior experience building and operating backend systems and microservices in production.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with payments, finance or marketplace platforms. Adyen is a strong plus.
• PHP/Laravel experience is a strong plus.
• Experience leading or acting as the technical anchor of a small engineering team.
• Record of improving engineering practice such as CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with founders and commercial stakeholders.
• Hands-on, programmatic and excited about AI-assisted software development.

WHY ELOCKERS?

You'll join a founder-led scale-up and help shape our architecture, engineering standards and product direction while staying close to the code.

EUR 170,000-EUR 110,000,000 gross per year, including holiday allowance, depending on experience.

INTERESTED?

If you want to help build the technology platform behind Elockers' next stage of international growth, we'd love to hear from you.