Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work on a marketplace of tools and integrations which Parloa's agents leverage via MCP. Managed access to business systems dramatically increases their value while controlling for security and risk.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and maintain secure and scalable backend services
• Optimize system performance for low latency, high throughput, and reliability
• Collaborate across teams to integrate machine learning components into production systems
• Lead technical initiatives - design, planning, implementation, and maintenance (3-9 months horizon)
• Drive initiatives to improve operational excellence
• Contribute to the evolution of our architecture and engineering culture

What you'll need

• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Experience in Typescript, Node (ideally NestJS); or experience with comparable frameworks in other languages, and a willingness to learn and code in Typescript
• Experience with developing and maintaining highly scalable and reliable microservices
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and APIs
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes, GCP/AWS)
• A bias for action, strong ownership, and a passion for clean, pragmatic code
• Experience in leading technical projects (3-9 months horizon)
• Strong spoken and written communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Curiosity and openness to work with AI-assisted coding tools

What they offer

• Work on agentic AI platform powering over one billion customer interactions
• Backing from leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital
• GDPR and ISO 27001 compliant data protection standards