Backend Engineer

We're a fast-growing startup with big ambitions looking for someone to join our engineering team and drive the advancement of our tech stack and infrastructure. We are seeking a Backend Engineer with some knowledge of DevOps (or a willingness to learn) to join our talented team. You will play a crucial role in building, scaling and maintaining our backend infrastructure that is used to serve our AI capabilities while contributing to product development, including launching new features and services from scratch. You are sure to be challenged with exciting challenges on a daily basis.

At Engaige we are building the platform that enables businesses to build, maintain and grow individually-tailored relationships with their customers efficiently at scale. Our platform centralizes all company specific information, ranging from general information and real-time customer data to company policies, while providing full visibility and control over AI decision-making. This approach enables businesses to deploy highly capable AI agents reliably, creating a new standard in customer experience.

What You’ll Do:

• Build from scratch: Contribute to the development of new features and products. Bring your ideas and those of your team to life by designing and implementing backend services that drive our platform forward.
• Architect & optimize: Help scale our architecture, including cloud-based services, REST APIs, and logging frameworks, ensuring high performance and reliability as we grow across multiple regions and workloads.
• DevOps integration: Be hands-on with our DevOps setup, streamlining deployments, monitoring systems, and optimizing infrastructure for reliability and efficiency using cloud-based tools and CI/CD workflows.
• Collaborate on technical roadmaps: Participate in designing the technical roadmap, working closely with the CTO and other engineers to shape the future of our product and backend ecosystem.
• Security and monitoring: Ensure our systems are secure and robust by integrating monitoring and security tools, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and implementing best practices for system reliability.

Tech Stack You’ll Be Working With:

• Cloud platforms and deployment tools
• FastAPI, React
• Database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis)
• LLM providers
• Monitoring and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, CodeCov)
• REST APIs, Webhooks

What We’re Looking For:

• 3+ years of backend development experience with a focus on building scalable APIs and distributed systems (Python, Node.js, or Go preferred).
• Professional DevOps experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar environments like AWS or Azure.
• Strong experience with API design and RESTful services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, particularly with tools like GitHub Actions.
• Experience with database management (PostgreSQL or similar) and caching solutions (Redis).
• Bonus: experience with machine learning model deployment and integration with LLMs.

Please make sure you provide us with your genuine motivation for joining Engaige. Due to the amount of applications we will not be able to process applications without a motivation letter.

At Engaige, we bring together some of Europe’s most driven and talented entrepreneurs to build something remarkable. We’re passionate, hardworking, and share a common vision to revolutionize customer engagement through AI innovation. If you thrive on collaboration, dream big, and are excited to work in an environment that challenges you daily, Engaige is the place for you.

Why Join Us?

• Be Part of the AI Revolution: Work at the cutting edge of AI, influencing the future of customer interactions.
• Shape the Future: Your work won’t just impact Engaige; it’ll set new standards in the industry.
• Work with the Best: Surround yourself with some of the most ambitious and talented minds.
• Hands-On Dream Building: We’re a team of doers who believe in building dreams through action and collaboration.
• Compensation: Enjoy competitive pay with short-term and long-term incentive options tied to company performance and growth, ensuring your contributions are rewarded as Engaige thrives.

Why Shouldn’t You Join Us?

Engaige isn’t for everyone. We’re committed to a high-energy, in-office culture that demands hard work and dedication to our mission. This isn’t the place for those looking for a predictable routine, high initial pay, or a remote role. At Engaige, we’re focused on creating extraordinary impact together—if that excites you, we’d love to hear from you!