Senior Node.js Backend Engineer - Product-Minded, Remote

Flagship; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training budget

Learning days

Pension plan

Travel reimbursement

Wellness perks

Holidays 28 + 2

Remote time off 4 weeks/year

MacBook and tooling

Home office budget

Job summary

Tellent is seeking a product-minded Senior Backend Engineer to evolve our HRIS platform. You’ll work in a squad with engineers, a Product Manager, and QA to deliver reliable backend services in Node.js, with occasional React contributions to enhance customer experience.

The role emphasizes thoughtful engineering decisions, future-proofing, and collaboration. Expect a hybrid/remote setup with strong growth opportunities and a focus on customer value.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and building scalable backend applications with Node.js.
• Experience with React, or interest in contributing across the stack when needed.
• Senior-level engineering judgment—you know when to refactor, when to optimize, and when shipping the right solution creates the most value.
• A product mindset: evolving requirements, thoughtful questions, pragmatic trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve core HR workflows in Node.js, focusing on correctness and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services used by organizations of all sizes.
• Improve performance, reliability, and maintainability of existing features as the customer base grows.
• Refactor and modernize the platform while ensuring a seamless experience for existing customers.
• Occasionally contribute to frontend development in React when it helps deliver the best customer experience.
• Collaborate with engineers, Product Managers, QA, and designers to solve customer problems and deliver value.

Skills

Node.js

React

English fluency

Product mindset

Senior engineering judgment

Job description

Tellent is seeking a product-minded Senior Backend Engineer to evolve our HRIS platform. You’ll work in a squad with engineers, a Product Manager, and QA to deliver reliable backend services in Node.js, with occasional React contributions to enhance customer experience.

The role emphasizes thoughtful engineering decisions, future-proofing, and collaboration. Expect a hybrid/remote setup with strong growth opportunities and a focus on customer value.