Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven, Remote (Portugal)

Talentco; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentCo is hiring senior backend engineers to join a fast-growing AI startup in Portugal, with a fully remote arrangement within the country. You will build scalable backend services powering real-time AI-driven workflows, collaborating with AI researchers, ML engineers, and product teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

The role emphasizes production-grade code, minimal dependencies, and scalable cloud architectures on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on backend experience in production environments.
• Backend-focused with strong Node.js and Typescript skills.
• Experience with AI-powered applications, chat interfaces, and enterprise-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable backend services powering real-time AI workflows.
• Collaborate with AI researchers, ML engineers, and product teams to integrate LLMs and RAG into production apps.
• Build enterprise-grade solutions with robust, minimal-dependency code and scalable cloud architectures.

Skills

Node.js

Typescript

Cloud infrastructure

LLMs

Real-time AI

API design

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

TalentCo is hiring senior backend engineers to join a fast-growing AI startup in Portugal, with a fully remote arrangement within the country. You will build scalable backend services powering real-time AI-driven workflows, collaborating with AI researchers, ML engineers, and product teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

The role emphasizes production-grade code, minimal dependencies, and scalable cloud architectures on AWS, GCP, or Azure.