Backend Engineer

Embat; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Birthday off

Hybrid model 40% remote

Private health insurance (Sanitas)

Learning budget €1,000/year

Gympass Wellhub

Lunch coverage 40%

Descripción de la vacante

Embat is hiring a Backend Engineer in Madrid to collaborate with product managers and designers in an agile setting. You will design and maintain robust APIs and services, ensuring data security and scalable performance in a fast-growing fintech environment.

You’ll work with NodeJS, React, and a Google Cloud stack, learning quickly and taking ownership of features that deliver real value to customers. The role offers a hybrid model with 40% remote and generous learning opportunities.

Formación

• Experience scaling distributed systems with large data volumes.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture design patterns and coding best practices.
• Ownership mindset and accountability for quality across the team.
• Experience with testing, debugging and production readiness.
• Attention to detail and prioritization.
• Team player who collaborates and learns from others.
• Background in Computer Science.
• Working English and fluent Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Ideate, brainstorm and build impressive financial features with the team.
• Design, develop and maintain APIs and web apps for robustness and security.
• Test new features and upgrades; document code and troubleshoot.
• Protect user data with security and privacy settings.
• Contribute to CI/CD, monitoring and testing practices.
• Foster Embat culture and mission within the team.
• Develop skills by learning from other areas.

Conocimientos

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Ownership

Testing

Attention to detail

Team player

Ambitious & curious

English

Spanish

Educación

Background in Computer Science

Herramientas

NodeJS

React

Redux

Storybook

Express

Cypress

Jest

MongoDB

Python

GCP

GitLab CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

Embat is one of the fastest-growing startups in Europe, founded in 2021 to revolutionize how medium and large-sized enterprises manage their finances and cash flow in real time. Our mission is to create a SaaS product that uses advanced technology and delivers excellent customer experiences, allowing our clients to make faster, better-informed business decisions, all while improving efficiency by over 100x compared to Excel.

We are a diverse team of 80+ members, backed by leading international investors, aiming to go global and make Embat a fantastic place to work. In February 2024, we completed our third funding round of €15 million, led by the renowned international fund Creandum, alongside partners Samaipata, 4Founders Capital, and VentureFriends.

What are we looking for?

As a Backend Engineer, you will work together with our development team, product managers, and designers. We pride ourselves on working in an evolving and agile environment, with day-to-day interaction with every member of the team. No bureaucracy or hierarchy. We rather give you space to build, to collaborate and to create value and direct impact to our users. We love to find team members that challenge and question the features they are working on.

Our Frontend is built with ReactJS. We use Figma to build our proprietary Design System and UI Kit. Our Backend runs on NodeJS and our platform on Google Cloud, it keeps us moving fast and scale up, but with strong resiliency.

What will you do?

• Work with an experienced development team and product managers to ideate, brainstorm and build impressive financial features. Code hard, think hard.
• Design, develop and maintain our APIs and web applications for maximum robustness, scalability and security.
• Test all new features and enhancements to ensure responsiveness and efficiency. This includes mastering troubleshooting, debugging and upgrades. We also need you to document your code to make sure the team is fully aligned.
• Help us protect our users' data, confidentiality and integrity by creating security and data protection settings.
• Help build CI/CD, monitoring and testing practices together with the rest of the team.
• Work in a comfortable and rewarding environment, making sure that the Embat culture and mission is safeguarded and spread.
• Be ready to develop skills and learn from other areas they might have expertise on.

What are we looking for?

• Experience scaling distributed systems with large data volumes
• Strong knowledge of software architecture design patterns and coding best practices.
• You like taking responsibility, ownership and creating impact. We need builders and problem solvers who feel proud and liable for our success. Advocate a quality culture across the whole Embat organization.
• You are comfortable with testing environments and make sure every detail is brushed before going to production. You are passionate about high quality.
• You are highly organized and can adjust priorities, having great attention to detail. You understanding the difference between perfect and a good-enough result
• Team player: "We" is always before "I". We need versatility, humility, and team members that enjoy working and learning from each other.
• You are ambitious: curious to learn about new tools and getting to the bottom of each problem
• Background studies related to Computer Science
• Languages: Working proficiency in English & fluent in Spanish
• Location: preferably in Madrid or elsewhere in Spain

Additionally, any of the below would definitely be great:

• Familiarity with the rest of our tech stack: NodeJS, React, Redux, Storybook, Express, Cypress, Jest, MongoDB, Python, GCP, Gitlab CI/CD…
• Experience with CI/CD processes and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of tracking test coverage tools and quality monitoring.
• Previous experience in the financial industry or fintechs.
• International experience and additional languages are key to embracing our inclusive culture.
• We love people that are opinionated and are not afraid of disagreeing.
• Collaboration in open-source projects

What comes with working at Embat?

We provide the platform for you to reach your highest professional and personal goals. At Embat, you'll work in an agile, high-performance environment where we ditch bureaucracy in favor of ownership and impact. We give you the space to lead, build, and create real value for our users from day one.

Generous Leave:

23 paid vacation days + your birthday off + public holidays.

Tenure Rewards:

Earn +1 extra vacation day for every year at Embat (up to 3).

True Flexibility:

A hybrid model (40% remote) with flexible working hours.

Wellhub (Gympass):

Corporate access to thousands of gyms, wellness studios, and mindfulness apps at 30% to 60% off.

Wetaca Daily Lunch:

Restaurant-quality meals delivered daily. Embat covers 40% of your office lunch.

Private Health Insurance (Sanitas):

Access top-tier health coverage through our tax-free Flexible Compensation scheme.

Co-funded Learning Budget:

Up to €1,000/year for your professional growth (50/50 match with Embat, 100% tax-free!).

Continuous Growth:

Continuous finance & product training, and twice-yearly career reviews.

Flexible Compensation via Payflow:

Optimize your net salary with tax-free benefits including Restaurant, Transport, and Kindergarten vouchers.

Tech of your choice:

High-end hardware and tools to do your best work.

Great Vibes:

Regular team buildings and a highly collaborative, energetic culture