Remote Junior Backend Engineer - Mentored Growth & Perks

Loka; Portugal; Remote; EUR 20,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Mentorship & growth

Career progression

Relocation program

Job summary

Loka, a globally distributed tech consultancy, is looking for a Junior Backend Engineer to grow with our team. You’ll work side by side with experienced engineers on real client projects, helping design and build backend applications that are fast, reliable and secure.

If you have a foundation in Python and/or Node.js and you’re eager to learn, you’ll get hands‑on experience across a variety of projects, with mentors who care about helping you level up.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of backend development experience.
• Solid computer science foundation.
• Excellent written and spoken English in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Build backend components like APIs and data services with guidance from senior engineers.
• Participate in design discussions to learn architectural decisions.
• Apply security and data-protection best practices in daily work.
• Write clean, tested code and documentation with reviews.
• Collaborate with teams across ML and Data Engineering to understand system integration.

Skills

Backend development

Python/Node.js

APIs/Web protocols

Containers

English proficiency

Job description

Loka, a globally distributed tech consultancy, is looking for a Junior Backend Engineer to grow with our team. You’ll work side by side with experienced engineers on real client projects, helping design and build backend applications that are fast, reliable and secure.

If you have a foundation in Python and/or Node.js and you’re eager to learn, you’ll get hands‑on experience across a variety of projects, with mentors who care about helping you level up.