Qopla was founded by restaurant owners in 2018 with a simple goal: help restaurants run smoother and smarter. Today, more than 2,000 restaurants rely on Qopla for table ordering, self-service kiosks, and online ordering.
We run business-critical systems used daily in real restaurant environments. Reliability, scalability, and thoughtful system design are essential.
We’re looking for a Senior Backend Developer to help us design, build, and evolve the core backend systems that power Qopla’s platform.
This role is for someone who enjoys building robust, long-lived systems that handle real-world complexity — integrations, throughput, fault tolerance, and operational stability.
Examples of the kind of problems you’ll work on:
Designing and evolving scalable backend services for ordering, payments, integrations, and analytics
Working with Kafka for asynchronous processing and system decoupling, where it adds real value
Designing APIs and data models that scale with the platform
Improving performance, stability, and observability across services
Building and operating services on AWS, balancing cost, scalability, and resilience
Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
Design and implement backend services with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
Make pragmatic system design decisions and technical trade-offs
Build and maintain services primarily in Java and Node.js
Collaborate with product and engineering to ship features end-to-end
Continuously improve testing, monitoring, and deployment practices
Strong experience as a Senior Backend Developer or similar role
Solid production experience with Java and Node.js, you need to know both but not an expert on both.
Experience designing and running distributed backend systems
Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging tools
Experience operating services on AWS
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices
Build systems that run in real restaurants, every day
High ownership and influence on architectural decisions
Small, tight knit team with fast feedback loops
Hybrid work setup with flexibility and trust
Long-term technical challenges with real impact
If you enjoy building reliable backend systems and making pragmatic design decisions, we’d love to hear from you.
