Backend Engineer
This is an on-site role based in Berlin, Germany. You'll be working daily with a co-located founding team. Relocation support and visa sponsorship are available for the right candidate.
Backend Engineer at a pre-seed AI-native fintech startup in Berlin. On-site role with visa sponsorship and equity. Requires 1-6 years experience with TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, and infrastructure-as-code.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join a small, high-caliber founding team at a pre-seed AI-native fintech startup building the future of private market operations. We're creating infrastructure that powers fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation — designed from the ground up with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across both hosted and self-hosted deployments.
As a Backend Engineer, you'll have real ownership over core backend systems at an early stage, working alongside a tight-knit team to ship production-grade software in a high-stakes financial services environment.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own and manage backend infrastructure for permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability
- Design and oversee deployment architectures for both hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tools
- Continuously improve system reliability, performance, and security in production
- Partner closely with product teams to deliver new features while maintaining rigorous quality standards
- Drive AI-native development practices that enable rapid, high-quality releases
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Required
- 1–6 years of backend development experience
- Proficiency in TypeScript and NestJS for building backend services
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and Prisma in production-grade environments
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi to manage deployments
Nice to have / Tech context
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (e.g. Inngest) or agentic frameworks
- Experience working in fintech, private markets, or enterprise SaaS environments
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving, early-stage startup environment with a high degree of autonomy
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience
- Visa sponsorship is available
- Early-stage equity opportunity (founding team hire)
LOCATION
This is an on-site role based in Berlin, Germany. You'll be working daily with a co-located founding team. Relocation support and visa sponsorship are available for the right candidate.