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# Backend Engineer & Architect (TypeScript

- **Company:** Hex-rays
- **Location:** Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Next.js, Software Deployment, TypeScript, Large Language Models, Backend, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Api Design
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://hex-rays.com/careers/senior-backend-engineer-architect-typescript

## About the Role

* Deep expertise in TypeScript and modern backend development
 * Strong experience in API architecture & design
 * Proven ability to own and drive backend services end-to-end
 * Strong SQL fundamentals (PostgreSQL)
 * Experience building scalable, reliable systems

Must-Have Modern Skills

Demonstrated experience with LLM-assisted coding

Nice to Have

 * Kubernetes experience
 * CI/CD and DevOps exposure
 * Security, observability, and system design knowledge
 * Optional: Frontend experience in TypeScript frameworks
 * Experience with distributed systems or high-availability environments

Soft Skills

Excellent communication
Strong business understanding and ability to propose smart solutions
Proactive mindset and autonomy
Team player who thrives in a small but high-impact expert group

## Description

maintain our core internal applications. This role comes with a high level of ownership and direct
impact on our public API, internal services, and operational tools.
You will play a key role in stabilizing our systems, improving our API design, and shaping the
architecture of our backend services as we evolve and scale.

Your Mission

Architect, design, and maintain backend services powering key Hex-Rays applications.
Lead the ongoing improvement of our public API and internal tooling ecosystem.
Stabilize, refactor, and optimize existing systems for performance, reliability, and clarity.
Own backend projects from design to production deployment.
Work closely with the team to deliver efficient, smart, business-aware solutions.

What You'll Work On

You will build and evolve several internal and external-facing applications, including: - Our public
API powering the Hex-Rays customer portal - Our license manager - Our webshop - Various internal
tools and automation workflows

 * Stack You'll Use
 * Node.js (TypeScript)
 * Express
 * PostgreSQL
 * Kubernetes on AWS
 * Vercel