About Apaleo

Apaleo is the world’s most open, API-first property management platform, powering the next generation of hospitality operations. Its modular, AI-powered infrastructure enables hoteliers to customize their technology stack, automate routine tasks, and deliver seamless, personalized guest experiences through best-in-class apps and autonomous AI agents that adapt to every stay.

If you want to lead a team that owns a product with direct, visible revenue impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Position: Engineering Team Lead – Apaleo Pay

About the Role

Apaleo Pay is our payments product. It complements our property management platform, meaning your team’s work has a direct impact on revenue. It operates as an independent service, giving the team ownership of both what it builds and what it runs.

We are migrating Apaleo Pay to Adyen’s newer platform and taking on greater responsibility for payments, including security and resilience. Beyond the migration, there is plenty of room to grow the product and attract more customers.

This is a hybrid role. You’ll spend at least 30% of your time as a hands-on engineer working alongside your team, while dedicating the remaining time to leading people, delivery, and processes. You’ll also be part of our engineering leadership team.

What You’ll Be Up To

• Help every engineer do their best work by building their skills, identifying their next career steps, and supporting their growth without forcing them down a single path.
• Build a team that works as one unit, where everyone feels included and heard.
• Earn the trust of experienced engineers and coach people at different stages of their careers.
• Work with the Product Manager to deliver real customer value by shaping scope, estimating honestly, and ensuring work gets completed.
• Own the team’s way of working and continuously improve processes and practices.
• Help the team make technical decisions without over-analyzing every detail. You facilitate decisions rather than making them alone.
• Guide the team through the Adyen platform migration, with a strong focus on security and resilience.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and team composition as the team grows.
• Champion modern engineering practices, including continuous delivery, DORA metrics, a blameless incident culture, and an AI-driven development pipeline.
• Bring company-wide engineering initiatives into the team and communicate the team’s needs and feedback across the organization.

What You’ll Bring

• Previous leadership experience.
• Empathy, a genuine interest in people, and the confidence to give and act on feedback.
• Clear, target-oriented, and appreciative communication skills, along with professional English proficiency (C1).
• A solid understanding of digital product development principles, including Agile, Lean, DevOps, continuous delivery, and how an idea evolves from customer insight into measurable impact.
• Comfort with being both a leader and a builder, with a clear understanding of how to balance the two responsibilities.
• A pragmatic, ownership-driven mindset and a passion for learning. You actively use AI in your own work and have a perspective on how it is changing engineering teams.
• Senior-level software engineering experience with a modern web technology stack.
• Experience with distributed systems, message-driven architecture, and cloud technologies.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• A genuine interest in payments or previous experience working with payment service providers or fintech companies.

Culture & Growth

What We Offer

• International Team: Work alongside colleagues from more than 20 nationalities in a diverse and collaborative environment.
• Growth & Development: Benefit from 360° feedback reviews, an evolving career framework, and an annual learning budget of €1,000 or more.
• Autonomy & Ownership: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We trust you to make decisions and contribute directly to our success.
• Real Impact: Join a fast-growing scale-up transforming the hospitality industry. From day one, your work will make a meaningful difference.
• Fair Pay: Receive a competitive salary guided by benchmarking data, with recognition for your performance and contributions.
• Flexible Work: Choose to work from home, from the office, or through a hybrid arrangement. We focus on results rather than clocking hours.
• Time Off & Wellbeing: Enjoy 30 days of vacation and an EGYM Wellpass membership.
• Free Public Transport: Receive a fully covered Deutschlandticket for travel across Germany.
• Team Connection: Take part in regular team dinners, company meetups, and offsite events.

How You’ll Make an Impact at Apaleo

Joining Apaleo is more than taking on a role. It’s about driving real change in the hospitality industry.

Your contributions will directly shape our innovative platform, influence company-wide decisions, and help redefine the future of hospitality technology.

At Apaleo, your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your impact is tangible. Be part of a team where your work fuels progress, collaboration sparks innovation, and growth is a shared journey.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace.

We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or 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.