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ToucanTix | Lead Engineer | Berlin/REMOTE (EU) | Rails

Salary: €60k-€90k

About Us:

We're the ticketing platform behind major theme parks, zoos, and experience villages across Germany and the USA. We are a spin-off from COMBASE AG, focusing on the leisure and culture industries.

The Situation:

We are a 2-engineer team building on COMBASE's platform. We handle online ticketing, visitor management, and capacity control. Our CSO recently joined from a major competitor and is closing enterprise deals. We're staying lean and using AI tools to compete with larger competitors.

Technical Challenges:

  • Multi-tenant booking with venue-specific business logic (pricing rules, capacity, timed entry)
  • Real-time capacity management across access zones
  • Integration with the COMBASE platform
  • Making AI-augmented development work in production

About the Role

Lead engineer working with the founder. You will own features end-to-end, make architecture decisions, and work full-stack, with a backend-heavy focus.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience shipping production code
  • Excitement about small teams leveraging AI
  • Preference for ownership over structure
  • Experience with Rails or a quick ability to learn it

Stack: Rails, Svelte, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, GCP

Perks

  • Remote work (with occasional meetups in Berlin)
  • MacBook and home office setup
  • Free admission to attractions
  • Stable backing (COMBASE: 80+ people, 3 decades of experience)

Apply

Send your application to jobs@toucantix.com

Please include:

  • CV/LinkedIn profile
  • A technical challenge you're proud of
  • Why this role interests you
  • Your favorite attraction

Subject: Lead Engineer Application

Learn more: https://www.toucantix.com/careers/lead-engineer

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