Senior Backend Engineer; f​/m​/d

About the role

As a Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/d) you will work on a marketplace of tools and integrations which Parloa's agents leverage via MCP. Managed access to business systems dramatically increases their value while controlling for security and risk. You haven't worked with our stack? That's fine! We would love to get in touch as long as you are open to learn and code in Typescript.

• Design, build, and maintain secure and scalable backend services
• Optimize system performance for low latency, high throughput, and reliability
• Collaborate across teams to integrate machine learning components into production systems
• Lead technical initiatives – design, planning, implementation, and maintenance (3-9 months horizon)
• Drive initiatives to improve operational excellence
• Contribute to the evolution of our architecture and engineering culture
• Set cultural standards for fearless iteration, bias for action, and pragmatic perfectionism – design for tomorrow, build for today.

Type Script, Node.js, React, Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Azure, Kafka, NATS

• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Experience in Typescript, Node (ideally NestJS); or experience with comparable frameworks in other languages, and a willingness to learn and code in Typescript
• Experience with developing and maintaining highly scalable and reliable microservices
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and APIs
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes, GCP/AWS)
• A bias for action, strong ownership, and a passion for clean, pragmatic code
• Experience in leading technical projects (3-9 months horizon)
• Strong spoken and written communication skills in English
• Curiosity and openness to work with AI-assisted coding tools
• Thrives in ambiguous, high-stakes environments with a strong sense of urgency.
• Embodies Parloa’s ambition: to build Europe’s leading engineering culture and a world-class AI platform.
• Motivated by making the impossible possible and building something iconic.

* We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.