Backend Engineer

Role details

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a core backend engineering role at a small, high-caliber founding team building AI-native operations infrastructure for private markets. You'll own the systems that power fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation — with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across both hosted and self-hosted deployments. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Manage and evolve backend infrastructure with a strong emphasis on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability. - Oversee deployment architectures for both hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tooling. - Enhance system reliability, performance, and security across production environments. - Partner closely with product teams to ship features while maintaining high quality standards. - Drive AI-native development practices that enable rapid, high-quality releases. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 1–6 years of backend development experience. - Proficiency in TypeScript and NestJS for building production-grade backend services. - Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and Prisma in production environments. - Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi to manage deployments. - Comfort working in a fast-moving, early-stage environment with a high degree of ownership. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS - Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year - Visa sponsorship: Available LOCATION On-site in Berlin, Germany.