Senior Backend Engineer - AI Products

Pragmatike; Milano; Remoto; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build and scale backend services for AI products. The position is 100% remote, requiring strong skills in Python, Go, or Node.js, and at least 4 years of experience. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions in a fast-growing startup environment. This role provides opportunities for ownership, autonomy, and career growth.

Competenze

• 4+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer.
• Strong expertise in Python, Go, or Node.js.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React/TypeScript) is a plus.
• Experience in VC-backed startups or scale-ups.

Mansioni

• Build and scale backend services using Python, Go, or Node.js.
• Design APIs, real-time pipelines, and distribute systems.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams.

Conoscenze

Python

Go

Node.js

Distributed systems

React

TypeScript

AWS

GCP

Azure

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Products Pragmatike

Location: 100% Remote

Start date: ASAP

Languages: Fluent English (required)

What You’ll Do

• Build and scale backend services using Python, Go, or Node.js
• Contribute to full-stack features with TypeScript + React where applicable
• Design APIs, real-time pipelines, and distributed systems for production workloads
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Influence architecture, tooling, and best practices in a fast-growing startup environment
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools like Cursor to speed up workflow

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
• Strong in Python, Go, or Node.js
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React/TypeScript) is a plus
• Experience in VC-backed startups or scale-ups
• Comfortable with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong fundamentals: distributed systems, APIs, databases
• Collaborative, self-driven, and able to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment

Bonus Points

• Experience in fintech, payments, or AI-assisted tooling
• Exposure to event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub)
• Experience contributing to developer tooling or internal frameworks
• Interest in using Cursor or other AI coding tools
• Prior scale-up experience with high-growth products

Why This Role Will Pivot Your Career

• High impact: Build production systems used by real customers in high-growth startups
• Ownership & autonomy: Take responsibility for features end-to-end
• VC-backed scale-up experience: Gain exposure to rapid growth, high stakes, and technical excellence
• Cutting-edge stack: Work across Python, Go, Node.js, TypeScript/React, and AI-assisted tools
• Career leverage: Opportunity to grow into lead, staff, or architect-level roles with visibility to senior leadership

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Pragmatike is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants without discrimination. We recruit on behalf of our clients and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We are committed to a fair and inclusive hiring process. We process your personal data solely for recruitment purposes, in accordance with applicable privacy laws, and maintain reasonable safeguards to protect your information. Your data may be shared with our client(s) for hiring consideration, but will not be disclosed to third parties outside of the recruitment process.