Backend Engineer
Summary
Builds and maintains the backend infrastructure for an AI-powered platform serving private markets, focusing on permissions, auditability, and observability in both hosted and self-hosted environments.
About the Role
Join a small, high-caliber founding team in Berlin building core backend infrastructure for an AI-native operations platform targeting the private markets industry. The platform powers fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation — with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across both hosted and self-hosted deployments.
This is an early engineering role with significant ownership and direct impact on the systems that define the product's foundation.
What You'll Do
Own and evolve backend infrastructure with a strong emphasis on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability
Design and manage deployment architectures for both hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tooling
Enhance system reliability, performance, and security in production environments
Partner closely with product and frontend teams to ship features while upholding quality standards
Drive AI-native development practices that enable rapid, high-quality releases
What We're Looking For
Required:
1–3 years of backend engineering experience, with a focus on permissions systems, auditability, traceability, and observability
Familiarity with distributed systems and modern observability toolchains (metrics, logs, tracing)
Comfortable working in a small founding team — strong ownership, initiative, and cross-functional coordination are essential
Eligible to work in Germany and willing to work on-site in Berlin
Tech Stack (familiarity a plus):
TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma
Inngest, Mastra
React, Tailwind (for context)
Nice to Have:
Background in fintech, private markets, fund accounting, or adjacent regulated industries
Experience with enterprise security patterns: SSO, role-based access control, strict data isolation
Prior experience at companies building AI/LLM-powered workflows or agentic systems
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience
Early-stage equity opportunity
High ownership and influence over architecture decisions at a foundational stage
Location
Berlin, Germany — on-site
Candidates must be eligible to work in Germany; visa sponsorship is not available