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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Hi
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software Bug Management, Cloud Computing, Monitoring of Systems, Performance Tuning, Datadog, Backend, Kotlin, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://es.trabajo.org/oferta-28655-a2ad81c9bec73a255ac3c6500cc4a214

## About the Role

a practical proposal for its solution, Skills Strong proficiency in backend development, with Kotlin being our default for new services. Experience working with Distributed Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka). Good understanding of cloud infrastructure and containerization (AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker). Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, ELK/OpenSearch). Resilience and proactive communication: you know how to navigate unresponsive stakeholders and unblock yourself. Constructive dissatisfaction: you are a "System Improver" who proactively fixes broken processes. Interview Process Initial Recruiter Screen Codility Test Pair Coding Systems Design Behavioural Interview Benefits Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe's most talked about disruptors. Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.

## Description

concept to production. Act as a sparring partner for Product Managers during Product Discovery, ensuring technical decisions support the user experience. Question the status quo by asking "why are we building this?" and "is there a simpler way?" Identify knowledge gaps and technical problems, taking active ownership to address them without waiting to be told. Share your learnings from GSDD projects with the wider team, turning individual curiosity into collective knowledge. There will be a lot more too, this is a role that will require a lot of flexibility. What you need to be successful Proven experience as a Software Engineer taking features from concept to production with minimal supervision. A track record of thriving in dynamic environments where requirements evolve rapidly. A growth mindset: you treat feedback as a tool for engineering excellence and have a specific plan for your own learning. An "evidence over opinion" approach: you, couple every critique of a problem with


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