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  • Thesjefgroup
  • Amsterdam, NH
  • Full-Time
  • 37 days ago
  • €70,000 – €110,000
Thesjefgroup VERIFIED EMPLOYER

Lead Back-end Engineer.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Lead Back-end Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a lead back-end engineer helping scale a platform for smart lockers used at festivals, venues and events.
  • The Person:The person will own the backend architecture, guide the move from a legacy monolith to microservices, improve CI/CD, testing, documentation, security and reliability, and lead and mentor a small engineering team.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has senior experience building and operating backend systems and microservices in production, strong experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture, and experience with payments, fintech or marketplace platforms.

About the role

Help build the engineering foundation for Elockers' next stage of international growth.

Elockers powers smart lockers at festivals, venues and events across six countries. Our platform handles real-time payments, marketplace-style payouts and high-volume sales moments where large parts of a site can sell out within minutes.

We're now scaling the business and we're looking for a senior engineer who wants to have a real impact on how we build, operate and evolve the platform.

 

As our Lead Engineer, you'll be the senior technical anchor of a small, hands-on engineering team.

You'll combine architecture, coding and technical leadership. Working closely with the founders and commercial team, you'll turn business priorities into clear technical plans and reliable delivery.

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•     and guide the evolution from our legacy monolith to microservices.

•     around CI/CD, testing, documentation, security and reliability.

•      , including Adyen integrations, payouts and reconciliation.

•    a small team of hands-on developers.

•  -  through better documentation and knowledge sharing.

•      -  effectively and safely.

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•   building and operating backend systems and microservices in production.

•   with distributed systems and event-driven architecture.

•   ,    . Adyen is a strong plus.

• / experience is a strong plus.

•   or acting as the technical anchor of a small engineering team.

•        such as CI/CD and automated testing.

•    and the ability to work directly with founders and commercial stakeholders.

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You'll join a - - with a strong platform, a capable team and significant room to make an impact.

This is an opportunity to   ,      from the inside, while staying close to the code.

 ,– ,   , including holiday allowance, depending on experience.

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

Please apply through the apply button. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our recruiter Brendan Kriek.

Published August 21, 2026
Location Amsterdam, Netherlands
Job Type Full-Time