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Senior Backend Engineer

Posted 12 days ago

OfficeSan FranciscoSE

About the Role

Join the engineering team of a Series A B2B SaaS company building an AI-powered omnichannel customer communication platform for SMEs. You'll work on core backend technologies that power messaging, automation, and AI-driven workflows — shipping features end-to-end in a high-ownership environment and contributing to long-term architecture decisions.

What You'll Do

  • Build and deliver new backend features that reach customers directly.

  • Improve platform performance and reliability to enhance the user experience at scale.

  • Participate in long-term architecture discussions and help define technical direction.

  • Shape internal development processes and establish best practices across the engineering team.

  • Bring your own ideas to influence product and platform decisions.

What We're Looking For

  • Required: Proficiency in Java and TypeScript — both are essential for this role.

  • Required: Experience with Quarkus or Spring Boot (or comparable JVM frameworks).

  • Required: Hands-on experience with AWS and Terraform for cloud infrastructure.

  • Strong PostgreSQL experience.

  • Familiarity with AI libraries such as LangGraph.

  • Background building scalable backend systems for communications or messaging platforms.

  • Strong computer science fundamentals and a track record delivering features end-to-end at senior level.

Tech Stack

  • Backend: Java, Kotlin, Quarkus, Spring Boot, TypeScript

  • Cloud & Infra: AWS (RDS/PostgreSQL, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, Lambda, CloudFront), Terraform

  • AI/Search: LangGraph, OpenSearch

  • Observability & tooling: DataDog, Sentry, GitHub Actions, LaunchDarkly

Location & Work Arrangement

This is a hybrid role based in Berlin, Germany. Visa sponsorship is available for qualified candidates.

Job details
Workplace
Office
Location
San Francisco
Experience
SE

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Key team members

Sebastian Scott

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Kieran O'Connor

Kieran O'Connor

Alexander Farr

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Daniel Wintermeyer

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