Backend Engineer (m/f/d)
Locations: Berlin, India, Spain
Full-time
Permanent employee
Your mission at Mercanis
At Mercanis, we are building the Agentic AI Procurement Suite that powers the procurement of tomorrow—digital, transparent, and intelligent. We are looking for a Backend Engineer who is excited to build modern, reliable backend services and grow their technical expertise over time. You will work closely with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver features that bring real value to our customers. This role is perfect for someone who already has hands‑on backend experience and is ready to level up in a supportive engineering culture. You will gain exposure to production‑scale systems, cloud services, and event‑driven architecture, while learning best practices from experienced teammates. This role can be fully remote globally with preference for EU time zones, or hybrid from our Berlin office.
Your Responsibilities on this role
- Build and maintain backend services using Node.js and TypeScript, contributing to a modern, event‑driven platform.
- Write clean, well‑tested, and maintainable code, collaborating with peers during code reviews and pairing sessions.
- Work closely with product and design to understand user needs and turn requirements into practical, scalable backend solutions.
- Participate in technical discussions, bringing ideas, asking questions, and helping the team move from concept to implementation.
- Support the delivery lifecycle, contributing to testing, debugging, and monitoring to ensure smooth releases.
- Learn from senior engineers, gaining experience in cloud infrastructure, system design, and performance considerations.
- Stay curious and experiment, exploring new tools and contributing to continuous improvement in engineering practices.
Role requirements
- 2–4 years of professional experience as a backend or full‑stack engineer, working with Java and TypeScript.
- Solid understanding of backend fundamentals, including asynchronous programming, API development, and data handling.
- Experience working with databases (PostgreSQL or similar).
- Working knowledge of unit testing and code quality practices.
- A collaborative mindset, curiosity, and willingness to ask questions and grow.
- Clear communication skills and a team‑oriented attitude.
- Fluency in English, spoken and written.
Nice to have
- Basic experience with AWS or other cloud environments.
- Exposure to event‑driven systems or microservices.
- Some familiarity with frontend frameworks such as Svelte or React.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, or monitoring tools.
Tech you will work with
- Backend: Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript.
- Infrastructure: AWS, serverless components.
- Data: PostgreSQL, event streaming, messaging systems.
- Tooling: GitHub, CI/CD, automated testing frameworks.
Why to join us here at Mercanis?
- Grow quickly with support from experienced engineers who enjoy mentoring.
- Work in a product‑focused environment where your contributions matter and reach users.
- Collaborate in a culture built on learning, ownership, and teamwork.
- Enjoy flexible remote work, with the option to join our Berlin office.
- Have opportunities to expand responsibilities over time and influence how we build software.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities—regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or ability—as part of our commitment to a fair, transparent, and merit‑based recruitment process.
