Senior Backend Engineer

TebiAmsterdam, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 21, 1017RP, Amsterdam, Netherlands+ Equity1mo ago

In Office Senior EMEA Restaurants Hospitality Backend Engineer Senior Backend Developer Java Kotlin Scala Kafka Docker

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Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience as a fullstack or backend engineer in a product-focused environment • Deep expertise in either Kotlin, Java, or Scala. • Experience with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka). • Good experience of relational databases, such as Postgres. • Comfortable working with APIs, relational databases, and docker • A product mindset—you care about the why behind what you’re building and optimizing for user impact • Ability to work collaboratively across functions and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Strong attention to detail and a sense of pride in crafting great user experiences • Experience working in early-stage startups or small teams • Familiarity with real-time systems or offline-first mobile experiences • Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks like Vue.js or React.js • Passion for the hospitality space and interest in improving tools for small businesses

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and ship end-to-end features across the stack—from APIs and data models. • Collaborate with designers and PMs to translate user needs into working, intuitive product experiences • Own projects from concept to launch and beyond, balancing speed, quality, and scalability • Improve system performance and reliability across frontend and backend systems • Help evolve our codebase and technical architecture as we scale • Contribute to shared tooling, component libraries, and best practices that level up the whole team

Benefits

• Start-up Equity • Lunch Provided in Office • Team building events • Unlimited time off • Build Globally, Execute Locally - We are on a path to evolve an entire industry. We build products globally and we execute our world-class operations locally. • Manifest the Win - Changing the world never comes easy. It takes grit. We are playing a team sport and we know winning is a conscious decision. • Launch fast and iterate - We believe speed and pragmatism wins the day. We operate with an extreme sense of urgency without compromising on quality. • Truth Seeking - We believe in first principles. We get to the heart of a problem and then develop solutions. • Dutch Directness - We operate with sophisticated Dutch directness. Open, respectful, and to the point. We create an environment where anyone can say what needs to be said. • Evolve - We are in a constant state of change and growth. As a business, as individuals. We embrace change. • Owners, not renters - We are all shareholders in Tebi and we act like it. We are drivers, not passengers. • What is Restaurant Software? • Restaurants and other merchants use various software systems such as Point of Sale (POS), Reservations, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS), Payments, Inventory, Staffing, and the list goes on. These systems all need to speak to each other which they frequently don’t. It’s a mess, and we are fixing it. • From buying a croissant at a cafe to having dinner with friends, it’s a €4 Trillion+ global market and a critical part of everyday life in today's economy.