Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven, Polyglot Stack, Hybrid

Nitro; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health insurance

Pension/401k matching

Job summary

Nitro is seeking a Senior Back End Software Engineer to design, build, and operate foundational services across Nitro Engineering. You will work on a polyglot stack (Python, Go, Rust, Java) and own services end to end, from specification through to deployment, observability, and production support on AWS.

This role rewards a systems-minded engineer who enjoys solving hard shared problems and enabling product teams to move faster. Hybrid work with cross‑location collaboration is offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in at least two of Python, Go, Rust, and Java, with ability to work across all.
• Demonstrated experience with agentic coding workflows and AI-assisted development from spec to production

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable, production-grade shared services and internal APIs used across Nitro's product teams.
• Own services through full lifecycle: spec, architecture, deployment, observability, and support.
• Leverage AI-assisted development to maximise speed and quality.
• Work across Python, Go, Rust, and Java to choose the right tool for each problem.
• Improve infrastructure, tooling, and CI/CD foundations to enable faster, safer shipping.
• Drive reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency across AWS footprint.
• Develop and maintain robust automated tests (unit, integration, end‑to‑end).
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers and product teams in a fast-paced Dublin/Porto team.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical standards.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

Java

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Nitro is seeking a Senior Back End Software Engineer to design, build, and operate foundational services across Nitro Engineering. You will work on a polyglot stack (Python, Go, Rust, Java) and own services end to end, from specification through to deployment, observability, and production support on AWS.

This role rewards a systems-minded engineer who enjoys solving hard shared problems and enabling product teams to move faster. Hybrid work with cross‑location collaboration is offered.