Backend Engineer
Summary
Build and maintain backend infrastructure for a pre-seed AI-native fintech startup, focusing on permissions, auditability, and observability for private market operations like fund accounting and treasury automation.
About the Role
Join a small, high-caliber founding team at a pre-seed AI-native fintech startup building the infrastructure that powers private market operations — including fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation. As a Backend Engineer, you'll own core backend systems with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability, supporting both hosted and self-hosted deployment environments.
This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape the technical foundations of a product used by asset servicers and asset managers who rely on it for high-stakes, enterprise-grade workflows.
What You'll Do
Own and evolve backend infrastructure for permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across all deployment environments.
Design and manage deployment architectures for both hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tools.
Improve system reliability, performance, and security in production at an enterprise-grade standard.
Partner closely with product teams to ship features quickly without sacrificing quality or maintainability.
Drive AI-native development practices that enable rapid, high-quality releases.
What We're Looking For
Required:
1–6 years of backend development experience.
Strong 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 cloud deployments.
Nice to Have:
Familiarity with the broader stack: Inngest, Mastra, React, or Tailwind.
Background in financial services, private markets, or enterprise SaaS products.
Experience with self-hosted deployment models and strict data isolation requirements.
Prior experience at a high-growth startup or in a founding-team environment.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience.
Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
Opportunity for meaningful early-stage equity and direct impact on product direction.
Location
This role is on-site in Berlin, Germany. The team works together in person — no remote option is available at this time.