Backend Engineer

Murphy AI is a next-generation debt collection platform powered by artificial intelligence, designed to optimize recovery rates while maintaining respectful and personalized communication. Our advanced automation streamlines the process of collecting overdue invoices for businesses, providing a seamless and effective solution.

At Murphy AI, we're tackling one of the toughest challenges in fintech: making debt recovery more efficient, autonomous and scalable. Our AI-powered agents adapt instantly, engaging with debtors across channels like voice, email and sms to maximize results while preserving trust. By combining advanced artificial intelligence with powerful automation, we're setting a new standard for how businesses recover payments.

As a fast-growing startup that has already made an impact within less than a year in the market, we are building a talented team to scale our operations and drive our vision forward

About the Role

As a Backend Engineer, you'll build and scale the systems that power our AI-driven debt collection platform. You'll have the opportunity to build complex systems and integrate service to Murphy that handles the collection of large amounts of debt and sends millions of communications.

You'll work hand-in-hand with engineers and product owners to make our system effective, resilient under heavy load, and easy to visualize and control.

Along the way, you'll mentor teammates, champion technical excellence, and apply the latest innovations and practices to keep Murphy ahead of the curve., * Design, develop, and test backend solutions that power our AI-driven debt collection platform (microservices, event-driven systems, message queues) that allow us to handle thousands of communications every minute.

• Create internal and client-facing interfaces so other teams can use what you build.
• Embed AI intelligence directly into backend workflows and customer-facing features.
• Measure the impact of our system and ruthlessly optimize it to make it more effective and efficient.
• Integrate with other services and vendors with a strong focus on seamless interoperability and rock-solid error handling.

• 3+ years as a software developer, with a strong background in building backend services and distributed systems.
• Proven track record developing scalable backend applications in Python or Typescript.
• Own the reliability and observability of the systems you build, from instrumentation to alerting to optimization.
• Analytical mindset, proactive, self-motivated, and able to make independent technical decisions.
• Basic understanding of microservice architectures, event-driven systems (Kafka or similar), and relational databases (PostgreSQL).

Stock options: Because we all build Murphy together - you'll own a piece of what we're creating. Impact: Be part of our startup journey from day one, playing a key role in our growth and building something meaningful from the ground up. Learning: Continuous development through trainings, knowledge-sharing, and exposure to other top-tier startups in our ecosystem. Healthy meals: No more boring tupperware - enjoy daily meals with Nora Foods. We cover 50% of each order! Cobee card: Flexible compensation for transport and restaurants, so you can make the most of your net salary. ️ Ride into work: Forget traffic jams - hop on your Panot e-bike and cruise to the office! We cover 50% of your subscription. Hybrid & Flexible: Our default setup is hybrid - 3 days a week at our office in Poblenou, surrounded by a thriving tech scene, and 2 days of remote work. But if there's one thing that defines us, it's flexibility: we trust you to organize your time and space in the way that helps you do your best work. Our Process We believe that hiring is a two-way street: while we get to know you, you also deserve the chance to understand who we are, how we work, and what makes Murphy AI special. Here's what you can expect: 1️⃣ First Interview - Getting to Know You A conversation with a future teammate who's excited to find a new colleague. We'll talk about your story, what drives you, and what you're looking for next-no trick questions, just a genuine exchange. 2️⃣ Tech Assessment at the office A practical exercise to see how you approach challenges similar to those you'd tackle at Murphy. You'll have time to reflect and showcase your thinking. 3️⃣ Meet the Founders A conversation with the Murphy Founders. It's the perfect opportunity to experience our culture firsthand and meet more of the team. To learn more about how we hire and what to expect at every step, feel free to explore our Hiring Guide! We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone, regardless of background, identity, or experience, feels valued and empowered to thrive. We believe that different perspectives drive innovation and success, and we actively foster an environment where all voices are heard and respected.