Senior Backend Engineer - Go/Python, Kubernetes, Remote

Maisa; Ireland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maisa is a Europe-based, early-stage AI startup offering remote work with optional hubs in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia. We are building Agentic Process Automation and seek a senior backend engineer to design and implement scalable services.

You will work with Go and Python, microservices on Kubernetes, collaborate with clients, and help shape our technology. Remote from Ireland, you’ll join a fast-moving team and have the opportunity to influence culture from day one.

Qualifications

• 3-7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
• Production experience with Go and Python.
• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kafka or similar message queue systems.
• Familiarity with Redis (or equivalent in-memory data stores) and MongoDB.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and containerised services in production.
• Comfortable with AWS and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with high ownership.
• Strong communication skills - you'll be working closely with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Genuine curiosity about AI and how it's reshaping how products are built.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Go and Python across a microservices architecture deployed on Kubernetes.
• Own features end-to-end - from technical design through deployment and iteration.
• Work closely with clients and client-facing teams to understand requirements and translate them into reliable, scalable solutions.
• Write clean, well-tested, production-ready code and contribute to code reviews.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help raise the technical bar across the team.
• Help maintain and improve existing client implementations alongside building new capabilities.

Skills

Backend development

Go

Python

Microservices

Distributed systems

Kafka

Redis

MongoDB

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Communication

AI curiosity

Tools

Kafka

Redis

MongoDB

Kubernetes

AWS

GitHub Actions

Job description

Maisa is a Europe-based, early-stage AI startup offering remote work with optional hubs in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia. We are building Agentic Process Automation and seek a senior backend engineer to design and implement scalable services.

You will work with Go and Python, microservices on Kubernetes, collaborate with clients, and help shape our technology. Remote from Ireland, you’ll join a fast-moving team and have the opportunity to influence culture from day one.