Our Mission: Why Lighthouse?
At Lighthouse, we’re on a mission to revolutionize commercial strategy as hospitality’s most powerful AI platform. We take the world's largest hotel data network and transform it into real-time intelligence that drives action. We don't just deliver insights; we empower businesses to make decisions that move revenue.
With $370M in Series C funding and over $100M in ARR, we are scaling at lightspeed. Our 850+ teammates across 35 countries aren't just building software—they are leveraging cutting-edge AI to help hoteliers be the first to act. Tens of thousands of hotels across 185 countries trust Lighthouse to execute their commercial strategy, including every one of the top 15 global chains and thousands of independent hotels that consistently outperform their markets. With Lighthouse AI, the intelligence gets deeper. Decisions get smarter. Actions get faster. We help hoteliers be first to act.
Lighthouse Values: Our guiding light
We are Lumineers. Our shared values keep us on a collaborative path fostering a cultural and customer centric environment
- Pursuit of greatness: We’re innovators who care deeply about our customers’ success. Our team brings their best work, stays curious, and delivers excellence through attention to detail
- Meaningful work matters: We make every moment count by knowing what to deliver, why it matters, and how it drives Lighthouse forward
- Elevate each other: We don’t just work together - we grow together. What unites us is understanding each other as people and working toward shared goals
We’re more than just a workplace – we’re a community. Collaborative, fun, and deeply committed, we work hard together to revolutionize the hospitality sector. Are you ready to join us and shine brighter in the industry’s most exciting rocket-ship?
Job Details
- Engineering Team
- Belgium - Ghent
- Full-Time/Hybrid
What you will do
As DevOps, Manager, you will lead a platform-focused DevOps team that supports Lighthouse engineers with the infrastructure, tooling, and operational foundations they need to build and ship effectively. This is a people leadership role with a strong engineering lens: you'll coach a team, guide priorities, partner with peers across engineering, and help create a high-performing environment where reliability, enablement, and continuous improvement are the standard.
Where you will have impact
- Lead, coach, and mentor your team members, building a culture of technical excellence and long-term career growth.
- Strengthen platform engineering outcomes by helping deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure and internal capabilities.
- Bring technical credibility to leadership by understanding the team's work and challenging assumptions when needed.
- Partner across engineering with platform devops, backend platform, frontend platform, security, and peer leaders to align on priorities and support.
- Drive thoughtful use of AI in platform engineering to reduce toil, accelerate delivery, improve RCA, and strengthen documentation and onboarding.
- Improve how the team operates by strengthening ownership, execution, and continuous improvement across the DevOps function.
About our team
You'll be part of Lighthouse's Platform organization, working closely with platform-focused peers and a team that is tied to the day-to-day needs of our engineers. This role sits in an environment where practical problem solving, strong partnership across functions, and a hands-on understanding of engineering challenges are highly valued.
The DevOps team you will lead has six members and focuses on building and maintaining the infrastructure, tooling, and operational foundations that help engineers ship reliably and efficiently, including cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes-based platform work, observability, IaC, CI/CD, and day-to-day operational support.
What's in it for you?
- Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
- Career development: Workshops, frameworks, and trainings to maximize your professional potential.
- Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide.
- Mobility options: Mobility budget or company car (based on your job category).
- Net allowance: Support for home office related expenses.
- Vouchers: Lunch vouchers & Eco vouchers.
- Comprehensive health insurance: Extensive coverage for you and your dependents.
- Pension funding: Group insurance to secure your future.
- Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.
Who you are
- Experience leading and managing engineers, with strong coaching and prioritization skills.
- A solid engineering background in DevOps, backend engineering, or broader engineering management that gives you the credibility to understand technical decisions.
- Strong expertise in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS or Azure).
- A hands-on experience in using AI tools to optimize processes and viewing AI as a core component of modern software.
- The ability to distinguish between operational coordination and engineering work. You are involved in building, improving, and owning technical solutions.
- The ability to see the bigger picture, breaking down large engineering projects into clear, manageable tasks.
- A proactive, "can-do" attitude, with the ability to inspire a positive, solution-oriented mindset within your team.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to partner effectively with peer leaders and engineering teams.
- Fluency in English, with excellent communication.
We Welcome
- Experience within the hospitality technology sector.
- Additional cloud/platform technological stack.
Technologies you will work with
Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Istio, cdk8s, argocd, helm, terraform, foundationdb, mimir, prometheus, grafana, golang, python, typescript, Claude code.
(feel free to ask us why these are the best fit for us)
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Thank you for considering a career with Lighthouse. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values equal opportunity for all. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Our commitment to equality is part of our culture. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please notify your recruiter.
Not ticking every box? No problem! We value diverse backgrounds and unique skill sets, and we encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply. If your experience looks a little different from what we've described, but you're passionate about what we do and are a quick learner, we'd love to hear from you!
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