Senior Backend Engineer

Innoverse™; Time; Remote; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Job summary

Innoverse is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to own systems end-to-end, across fintech platforms, AI-powered SaaS, and internal tools. You will write code, design architectures, and ship meaningful features in a remote-friendly environment.

You will collaborate with founders and product teams to transform business problems into scalable technical solutions, contributing to system design decisions and engineering best practices while maintaining a reliability-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript and Node.js (NestJS, Express, or similar).
• Deep understanding of backend architecture: services, APIs, queues, caching, async workflows.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and SQL.
• Real production experience: debugging, incident response, performance optimization.
• English level B2+ (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Own backend services end-to-end — from architecture through deployment to production support.
• Build and evolve REST APIs and microservice architectures for clients and internal products.
• Collaborate with founders and product teams to turn business problems into technical solutions.
• Contribute to system design decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Investigate and resolve production issues with a reliability-first mindset.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

NestJS

REST APIs

Microservices

SQL

English (B2+)

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to own systems end-to-end, not just close tickets. You'll work across diverse projects — from fintech platforms to AI-powered SaaS — and help shape how we build software as a team.

This isn't a role where you'll sit in meetings all day. You'll write code, design systems, and ship things that matter.

• TypeScript
• Node.js
• NestJS
• PostgreSQL
• REST APIs
• Microservices
• AWS
• Docker

Real production experience: debugging, incident response, performance optimization

Full-time

Remote

What you'll build

• Own backend services end-to-end — from architecture through deployment to production support
• Build and evolve REST APIs and microservice architectures for clients and internal products
• Collaborate with founders and product teams to turn business problems into technical solutions
• Contribute to system design decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices
• Investigate and resolve production issues with a reliability-first mindset

What we look for

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience
• Strong expertise in TypeScript and Node.js (NestJS, Express, or similar)
• Deep understanding of backend architecture: services, APIs, queues, caching, async workflows
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and SQL
• Real production experience: debugging, incident response, performance optimization
• Ability to reason about trade-offs and make pragmatic technical decisions
• Strong communication skills and comfort with async, remote collaboration
• English level B2+, written and spoken

Nice to have

• +Experience with AWS and containerization (Docker)
• +Familiarity with event-driven architecture and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• +Exposure to AI/LLM integration or AI development tools (Copilot, Claude Code)

What we offer

• Competitive compensation — paid reliably and on time, always
• Remote-first — work from anywhere in CET-aligned time zones
• Real ownership — shape products, not just implement features
• Small team, big impact — your work matters here
• Equipment support to set up your workspace
• No algorithm puzzles in interviews — we focus on real engineering

What happens next

1. Intro call — 30 minutes
   With a founder, not a recruiter. Your background, our work, and mutual honesty about fit.
2. Technical deep-dive — ~75 minutes
   A real engineering conversation about systems you've built and problems we actually have. No algorithm puzzles.
3. Practical session
   A short, scoped exercise grounded in our real work — walked through together, never a take-home marathon.
4. Offer
   Direct and in writing: compensation, expectations, start date. Then we build.

We're builders. We build for clients, we build with partners, and we build for ourselves. Our team brings over a decade of engineering experience across HR tech, hospitality, sports, fintech, and SaaS — building everything from distributed crawlers to microservice architectures to AI-backed platforms.

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