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# Senior Backend Engineer

- **Company:** HortiHeroes
- **Location:** Naaldwijk, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €1,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Kusto Query Language, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Data Processing, ReactJS, Backend, Build Management, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl/vacature/ff421fef-4f32-4ca9-ba1c-e9d5e0aac945/senior-backend-engineer

## About the Role

+ A bachelor's degree in an IT-related field
 + Around 5 years of experience in a software engineering role, with demonstrated range across at least two of the following: backend/production systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end, or optimization integration. Versatility across these areas matters more here than deep tenure in a single one
 + You've taken systems into production and kept them running, and can show or talk us through examples (work projects, open source, side projects)
 + Experience with one or more of the following is a significant advantage: Python, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes/CI-CD tooling, SQL, KQL, Linux, and front-end frameworks (e.g., React/TypeScript)
 + You are based in the Netherlands and are available to be in the office two to three days per week
 + Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to work with complex, unfamiliar systems
 + A passion for creating customer value through high-quality engineering
 + Curiosity, ownership, craftsmanship, and the drive to keep learning
 + Good communication skills, able to explain trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
 + A good vibe: you bring energy to the team and make collaboration genuinely enjoyable, not just effective

## Description

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll help turn that ambition into production reality: building the services, integrations, and cloud foundation that put our optimization and forecasting capabilities to work for customers every day.
Your work will directly contribute to:

 + Reducing and optimizing energy costs and emissions across Europe
 + Enabling customers to participate in future energy flexibility and trading markets
 + Optimizing multi-energy systems (heat, cold, electricity, storage, HVAC)
 + Driving the transition toward autonomous, intelligent buildings and greenhouses
 + Helping customers stay compliant with increasing regulatory pressure (e.g., CSRD)
What You'll Do
Priva Digital Services & product engineering

 + Design and build backend services that process data and execute optimization logic for products across Neo Heat, Neo Light, Neo Building, and Neo Smart
 + Contribute to user-facing Priva Digital Services features end-to-end, including front-end work where it's the fastest path to shipping value
 + Build and maintain APIs for internal and external integration
Optimization & forecasting integration

 + Implement and integrate optimization and forecasting logic into scalable, production-ready systems. You bring these models into production; you don't develop new optimization theory
 + Work on data processing pipelines, scheduling logic, and system orchestration
Cloud infrastructure & DevOps

 + Own and improve cloud infrastructure (Azure) that supports scalability across Energy Solutions teams
 + Strengthen CI/CD, monitoring, and deployment practices so systems are reliable, performant, and maintainable in real-world operation
 + Collaborate with product, domain experts, and other engineers across teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
 + Contribute to technical design decisions within your domain, and participate in the full software lifecycle: ideation * design * development * testing * deployment * monitoring
What you will NOT do

 + This is not a research or modelling role. You implement and integrate optimization and forecasting models rather than developing new theory
 + You are not expected to be a dedicated front-end specialist or a dedicated DevOps specialist. The role spans these areas by design, so depth in every direction isn't the bar