Lead Engineer

ToucanTix | Lead Engineer | Berlin/REMOTE (EU) | Rails | €60k-€90k
We're the ticketing platform behind major theme parks, zoos, and experience villages across Germany and the USA. Spin-off from COMBASE AG focusing on leisure/culture.
The situation:
2-engineer team building on COMBASE's platform. We handle online ticketing, visitor management, capacity control. CSO just joined from major competitor, closing enterprise deals. We're staying lean 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 COMBASE platform
- Making AI-augmented development work in production
The role:
Lead engineer working with founder. Own features E2E, architecture decisions, full-stack but backend-heavy.

You fit if:
- 3+ years shipping production code
- Excited by small teams doing more with AI
- Prefer ownership over structure
- Rails or quick to learn
Stack: Rails, Svelte, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, GCP
Perks: Remote (occasional Berlin meetups), MacBook + home office, free attraction admission, stable backing (COMBASE: 80+ people, 3 decades)
Apply: jobs@toucantix.com
Include: CV/LinkedIn, a technical challenge you're proud of, why this interests you, favorite attraction. in subject.
https://www.toucantix.com/careers/lead-engineer