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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Ps.
- **Location:** HUISSEN, Netherlands (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, RabbitMQ, TypeScript, Backend, Kubernetes, Event Sourcing
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-staff-backend-engineer-duna-8369258

## About the Role

* Senior or staff-level experience building and owning production systems
 * Systems thinking - you see beyond features to long-term system behaviour
 * Clear communicator who enjoys breaking down complexity and collaborating deeply
 * Appetite for learning and working in ambiguity
 * Curiosity
 * Big ambitions
 * Kindness

Bonus if you've built AI features and the evaluations behind them, or worked on product analytics.

Our current stack includes Node.js + TypeScript, Event Sourcing, Express, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, AWS. Experience with these is a plus, but not required. We are more excited about how you approach problems and find solutions., We're a remote-first, fast-moving team of builders looking for exceptional people who love to create, build, and ship. Beyond passion and grit, we highly value curiosity, authenticity and kindness., PS. We are looking to hire passionate people from a variety of backgrounds. So even if you don't check all the boxes, we welcome your application!

## Description

* Design and build backend systems that are clean, testable, and efficient
 * Architect scalable APIs and infrastructure for high-trust environments
 * Own core systems end to end, and stay hands-on in the code
 * Bring strong opinions on testing, quality, and long-term maintainability
 * Tackle complex product challenges with a user-first mindset
 * Shape our engineering practices and technical culture


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