CareerPlan

Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Team)

BerlinFull-time€80k–€120k2026-11-07
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Building the infrastructure platform (unified API, data sync engine, observability) for HR tech products, focusing on scaling, reliability, and developer tooling.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Team)

Builds

Unified API, massive data synchronization engine, observability platform, and embedded integration setup/configuration UI for HR tech providers.

Domain

HR Technology / Enterprise Infrastructure

Required skills

TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres performance tuning, distributed systems, debugging complex problems, high-risk migrations, software engineering fundamentals

Preferred skills

Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, CI/CD systems, observability, incident response, low-level networking

Technologies

TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, Google Cloud Storage, Parquet, OpsGenie, incident.io, Cursor, VS Code, Git

Responsibilities

Scaling infrastructure and fixing bottlenecks in applications and databases, designing and executing high-risk migrations, improving CI/CD workflows, managing production incidents and on-call, optimizing database performance and queries, building developer tooling and static egress IP infrastructure

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC