Liven is a global leader in hospitality technology, serving thousands of venues and processing over 120 million transactions annually
Job Summary
Liven is a global leader in hospitality technology, serving thousands of venues and processing over 120 million transactions annually.
The role involves leading the modernization and scaling of a Django-based platform to support millions of real-time transactions with AI-powered product experiences.
This is a deeply technical leadership position focused on backend architecture, performance, and engineering quality across multiple squads.
Matching Summary
Liven is a global leader in hospitality technology, serving thousands of venues and processing over 120 million transactions annually.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Deep Python/Django expertise
Scaling large distributed systems
API design and event-driven architecture
Backend-first engineering best practices
DevOps tooling and containerisation
Database performance tuning
Observability and monitoring tools
Nice-to-have
Experience with Django monolith to microservices
Multi-product or multi-tenant SaaS experience
GraphQL federation and caching strategies
Open-source contributions or technical blogging
AI/ML product integration experience
Strategic thinking in high-autonomy roles
Mentoring and architectural leadership
Key Requirements
9+ years backend/full-stack engineering experience
Proven success scaling backend infrastructure
Strong database fundamentals including PostgreSQL and Redis