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# Backend API Engineer

- **Company:** YORTEAM
- **Location:** AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
- **Salary:** €6,667.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, TypeScript, Performance Testing, Backend, Api Design
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.yorteam.nl/index.php/page/applicants/command/applyforjob/vid/945302/bb/1

## About the Role

+ Experienced Backend Engineer with strong TypeScript/Node.js skills.
 + Solid understanding of API design, security, testing, and cloud-native development.
 + Hands-on AWS experience is mandatory.
 + Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of technical delivery.
 + Pragmatic, quality-focused, and able to make sound engineering decisions.
 + Strong communicator who is comfortable working from technical specifications and documenting decisions.

## Description

We are looking for a Backend API Engineer to help build and scale secure, reliable APIs, for our client in the banking sector.
You'll join a modern engineering environment where you can take real ownership of your work. The focus is on API development, security, scalability and quality rather than complex domain knowledge.
Your job

 + Build and improve secure REST APIs and backend services.
 + Design APIs with scalability, reliability, and developer experience in mind.
 + Work with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, relational databases, and asynchronous systems.
 + Contribute to testing, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure-as-code.
 + Help strengthen the platform through security improvements, performance testing, and resilience.
 + Take ownership of features from design through delivery.
 + Make effective use of AI-assisted development tools while maintaining high engineering standards.


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