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About the Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at traide AI, you will build robust, AI-powered backend services and infrastructure that drive value creation for customers. You will own end-to-end delivery of features, write client and server-side code, and contribute to technical design and production release. You will be the backend expert in project teams, collaborate with designers and AI engineers, and help set product direction.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end delivery of new features and improvements in our web application across the whole stack.
- Write both client-side and server-side code within our well-established codebases.
- Analyse and communicate trade-offs in technical designs in RFC style discussions, drive decisions for your projects.
- Be the backend expert in rotating project teams, give feedback on the contribution of other team members within your area of expertise.
- Work alongside designers to shape user flows, evaluate feasibility, and improve interfaces and user experience.
- Partner with AI engineers to bring cutting-edge research and prototypes into production-ready features.
- Contribute your perspective to product discussions, helping set direction with both technical and user impact in mind.
- Set and uphold high standards for code quality, architecture, and best practices within the team.
- Design and maintain robust automated tests to ensure reliability and quality at scale.
- Develop and improve instructions, guardrails and feedback mechanisms for coding agents.
- Select and configure tooling that improves developer experience and keeps our CI/CD pipeline efficient.
- Proactively identify and solve technical challenges before they become blockers.
- Share your expertise through code reviews, mentoring, and documentation — helping others level up and ensuring our knowledge grows as the team grows.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, ideally building complex products in dynamic environments.
- Deep proficiency in TypeScript, including advanced type-level programming.
- Familiarity with synchronous and asynchronous communication patterns, HTTP APIs (REST and GraphQL), event-driven architecture, and common design patterns.
- Solid database skills across both relational and non-relational databases such as Postgres and Redis or similar.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, and the services that typically come with them.
- Embrace AI tools in your workflow and are driven to master emerging technologies.
- Champion code quality and drive best practices across the team.
- Thrive in fast-moving environments - seeking opportunities to learn, grow, and both give and receive feedback.
- Strong English skills (C1 or better); German is a plus but not required.
- Curiosity about adjacent fields like DevOps, Security, Frontend development, AI Engineering etc.
Skills
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Prisma
- GraphQL
- Python
- FastAPI
- SQLAlchemy
- Postgres
- Redis
- Terraform
- Open Tofu
- Google Cloud Platform
- React
- Chakra UI
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Office-based (2 days/week home office option)
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related discipline
Benefits
- Urban Sports Club membership
- Regular team events
About the Company
- traide AI is a VC-backed, B2B deep tech startup based in Berlin, using AI to solve customs compliance challenges in international trade.
- Our software automates product classification, reduces regulatory errors, and helps customers save significant time.
- We are trusted by leading brands like Siemens Healthineers, Koro, and Jack Wolfskin.
- We have achieved 2x growth over the past 12 months.
- We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- AI is at the core of how we operate, from processes to team growth and culture.
- We provide feedback within two weeks and the application process includes interviews, a practical challenge, and team conversations.
Equal Opportunity
- We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you're passionate about making a difference and eager to learn, we'd love to hear from you – even if you don't meet every requirement.