Backend Engineer | Up to €95K | Go, AWS, Kafka

Backend Engineer | AI Scale-up | Golang, AWS, Kafka | Up to €95K

We’re partnered with a fast-growing AI scale-up following a successful $25m Seed round, backed by top-tier international venture funds. The company is scaling rapidly and already seeing strong traction with enterprise customers.

About the Role

They are looking for a Backend Engineer to help design and scale the core systems behind an AI-driven automation platform. You’ll join a small, high-impact engineering team working on event-driven microservices that underpin enterprise-grade AI products.

What You’ll Do

• You’ll design, build, and operate the backend systems behind our agentic automation platform
• Design and optimise event-driven systems with Apache Kafka
• Contribute to a microservices environment
• Collaborate closely with AI teams to integrate LLMs and reasoning engines
• Work with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and observability tools

What You’ll Bring

• Proficiency in Go or Python
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures
• Solid understanding of SQL & NoSQL databases
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering workflows

Salary: €65,000-€95,000 + Share options scheme

Interview Process

3 stages

Location

Spain / Europe (Remote)