Backend Engineer

Landbot
Barcelona, Spain
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English, Spanish

Job location

Barcelona, Spain

Tech stack

API
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Cloud Computing
Relational Databases
Distributed Systems
Python
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MySQL
Node.js
NoSQL
Redis
TypeScript
Technical Debt
Backend
Domain Driven Design
Data Pipelines

Job description

soul - Partner with Product to turn business goals into clear technical strategies and plans - Guide technical decisions balancing short-term impact with long-term sustainability - Design & evolve systems that scale with traffic, data complexity, and AI-driven use cases - Write clean, maintainable code while continuously improving practices and quality - Mentor and support your team, leading by example in code, reviews, and collaboration - Safeguard delivery pace: reduce blockers, manage technical debt, and keep flow sustainable - You bring a product engineering mindset: your focus is always on building quality features that create real value - You think beyond code: always asking "Is this important? Does it improve the customer's life? Does it reduce costs or unlock new opportunities?" - Stay close to the user: deeply understand who they are, their problems, frustrations, and behaviors. Great engineers don't just write code - they connect technology to real people, ensuring our work creates meaningful impact in the market and in users' lives - You balance speed and quality: knowing that quality isn't the opposite of agility but its foundation - You lead through ownership and autonomy, ready to make an impact both in the product and in the team - You foster collaboration, feedback, and learning, because great teams outperform brilliant individuals - Act as a bridge across teams: communicate risks, trade-offs, and timelines with stakeholders in a clear, constructive way - Manage technical debt: make it visible, measurable, and actionable, creating structured repayment plans that align with business priorities Benefits - Live and work in sunny Barcelona - Friday happy hours and after hour weekly team meetings - Flexible holidays so you can take time off when you need it - Bonus transport tickets, educational content and all you need to feel empowered - Referral Bonus if you bring other talented people like you - MacBooks are our standard

Requirements

but we're happy to get you whatever equipment to get your job done - Great culture & working atmosphere - Hybrid culture Qualifications - You're fluent in modern backend stacks (e.g., Node.js, TypeScript, Python) and have experience with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL) as well as NoSQL systems like Redis, MongoDB - Passionate about testing everything: unit, integration, performance, quality is your compass - Obsessed with continuous improvement: you seek feedback, give constructive feedback, and raise the bar for yourself and others - Proven experience building web applications at scale and working with distributed systems - You're curious about how to bring AI models into production systems, from integrating APIs to optimizing performance and reliability - Hands-on experience operating services in production environments, with knowledge of cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) - You thrive in collaborative environments, value feedback, and help others raise the bar - We require eligibility to work in Spain and are also open to collaboration agreements - Experience with AI/ML APIs, vector databases, or data pipelines is a plus, but above all you bring a mindset of building products where AI becomes a core capability - You're comfortable working with complex backend stacks and architectural approaches (e.g., Domain-Driven Design), knowing when to leverage them to bring clarity and scalability-and when to avoid dogmatic application that slows delivery - Fluent in English and Spanish - You're passionate about your craft, the product, and the impact we create for our customers

About the company

Responsibilities - At Landbot, we're building a high-performance team that blends engineering excellence, product mindset, and customer obsession. We believe quality and speed go hand in hand - and we're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help us scale our platform and deliver real impact - As a Backend Engineer, you will combine hands-on coding with the responsibility of guiding your team's technical direction and execution. Your role is to ensure that the solutions we build are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with Landbot's mission - Embodying our values, energy, and attitude, - Translating product requirements into clear technical strategies, - Fostering engineering excellence and growth in your teammates, - And keeping the team united, motivated, and focused on building meaningful impact for our users - You won't lead by spotlight or authority, but by example, care, and clarity-helping the team grow week after week, keeping its identity alive, and strengthening its

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