Backend Engineer - Node.js/TypeScript, Cloud & APIs

Air Apps; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem for work.

Annual Bonus

Top-tier Health and Life Insurance

Transportation Budget

Coverflex benefits package for meal...

Childcare support.

Air Conference

Pension Fund

Urban Sports Club

Meals 100% free at the hub.

Job summary

Air Apps, a Lisbon-based AI-driven Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner, is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain server-side components powering core features. You will collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, and cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable backend services for rapid growth.

Air Apps offers relocation support for this fully onsite role and invites you to contribute to secure, cloud-native solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in backend engineering roles.
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with Supabase or equivalent PostgreSQL-based backend services.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure), including serverless compute.
• Solid knowledge of Clean Code and Clean Architecture practices.
• Experience with API design (REST) and cloud-native application development.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing tools, and Git workflows.
• Strong grasp of security principles, data protection, and compliance best practices.
• Effective communicator and proactive team contributor.

Responsibilities

• Design and build RESTful or GraphQL APIs, microservices, and business logic using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Model data and manage queries using Supabase and PostgreSQL, including functions, row-level security, and real-time features.
• Deploy and manage services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly with Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, IAM, and Pub/Sub.
• Write clean, testable code using unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks (e.g., Jest).
• Contribute to code reviews and quality assurance practices.
• Implement secure-by-default solutions for authentication, authorization, and data protection, following Clean Code and Clean Architecture principles.
• Set up logging, monitoring, and alerting for backend services. Own incident response and uptime improvements.
• Participate in architecture discussions, mentor team members, and document decisions for knowledge sharing.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Supabase

PostgreSQL

Cloud platforms

REST API design

CI/CD

Security principles

Clean Code

Clean Architecture

Team collaboration

Tools

Jest

Job description

Air Apps, a Lisbon-based AI-driven Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner, is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain server-side components powering core features. You will collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, and cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable backend services for rapid growth.

Air Apps offers relocation support for this fully onsite role and invites you to contribute to secure, cloud-native solutions.