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Senior Backend Engineer (Incogni)

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3 months ago
Warsaw, PolandSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and evolve scalable backend services for Incogni and Ironwall.
  • Lead architectural decisions involving domain modeling, service boundaries, infrastructure, and deployment strategies.
  • Drive the evolution of the service platform with senior and lead engineers.
  • Identify system bottlenecks and recommend architectural improvements for long-term growth.
  • Own complex technical initiatives from design through production.
  • Write clean, well-tested code and improve engineering standards across the team.
  • Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making.

Requirements

  • Strong experience building production-grade backend platforms and distributed systems.
  • Solid understanding of software design patterns, microservice architecture, and RESTful API design principles.
  • Ability to work across different programming languages and technology stacks.
  • Experience with databases, messaging systems, and distributed components.
  • Experience serving millions of requests is a bonus.
  • Proficiency in at least two backend languages such as PHP, Go, or TypeScript/JavaScript is a bonus.
  • Experience designing for reliability, observability, and operational concerns is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Dedicated learning time, conferences, online learning platforms, and books.
  • Health and wellness benefits including online workouts, a physical coach, a gym, and regular mental health checks.
  • Choice of technical equipment and work tools.
  • Yearly workation, Friday gatherings, team-building activities, and company celebrations.
  • Partial compensation for public transportation costs depending on individual circumstances.
  • Primarily office-based work with up to two remote days per week and a work-from-anywhere policy allowing work from almost anywhere in the world.
  • Premium Surfshark accounts for the employee, family, and friends.
  • Gross salary of 5600–7200 EUR/month for the Lithuanian market or 23800–33400 PLN/month for the Polish market, varying by skills and experience.

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