Senior Software Engineer - Node JS

THRYVE; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity

Direct collaboration with founders

Zusammenfassung

An innovative AI startup in Berlin is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take ownership of core services and scale their AI-driven platform. You'll be responsible for building backend services and APIs in Node.js and TypeScript, improving system reliability, and collaborating with a talented team. The role offers a competitive salary and equity in a fast-paced environment, requiring occasional frontend work as needed. This is a full-time, office-based position in Berlin.

Qualifikationen

• Strong commercial experience in backend development with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Proven ability to design scalable APIs and architectures.
• Experience with database and caching systems.

Aufgaben

• Build and scale backend services and APIs.
• Own system design for high throughput and low latency.
• Collaborate with AI engineers and product teams.

Kenntnisse

Node.js

TypeScript

API design

Database management (SQL or NoSQL)

Debugging

Tools

AWS

GCP

Jobbeschreibung

Our client is a Berlin based AI startup building next generation conversational AI technology. Their platform is changing how businesses interact with customers through intelligent, human like chatbots powered by cutting edge AI.

They are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take ownership of core services and help scale a real time, AI driven platform. This is backend first, but because it is a startup you will also regularly touch the TypeScript frontend when needed.

What you'll be doing

• Building and scaling backend services and APIs in Node.js and TypeScript
• Owning system design for high throughput, low latency workloads
• Working on data models, persistence, and integrations that power AI workflows
• Improving reliability, observability, and performance across services
• Collaborating closely with AI engineers, product, and founders
• Jumping into the TypeScript frontend when required to ship end to end features

What they're looking for

• Strong commercial experience building backend systems with Node.js and TypeScript
• Proven ability to design scalable APIs and service architectures
• Solid experience with databases and caching (SQL or NoSQL)
• Experience operating production systems, including monitoring and debugging
• Comfortable in a fast paced startup environment
• Happy to occasionally work on frontend TypeScript as needed

Nice to have

• Experience with real time systems (WebSockets, event driven architecture)
• Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or similar)
• Exposure to LLMs, AI APIs, or chatbot platforms

What’s on offer

• Competitive salary + meaningful equity
• High impact role in a fast growing AI startup
• Direct collaboration with founders and a strong engineering team
• Berlin office based role, 5 days per week