Hybrid Backend Engineer

at amberSearch

• Job title: Backend Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: €24,000 - €45,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: JavaScript, Microservices, Python, Rust, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tirana, Albania

About the role

• Backend Engineer developing scalable backend services for an AI-powered platform at amber. Collaborating with teams to enhance user experience and maintain system reliability in a hybrid work setup.

Responsibilities

• You develop and optimize scalable backend services that enable our customers to work reliably and quickly with our AI-powered platform
• You integrate new data sources via APIs and help make amberAI smarter with every integration
• Together with our AI, frontend, and DevOps teams, you take new features from idea to live rollout
• You actively contribute to our microservice architecture, propose improvements, and evolve existing modules
• User experience and platform functionality are the priorities in your code, followed by performance, modularity, and clean interfaces
• You consistently focus on security, data protection, and data quality in your work
• Your code ships directly into a production system used daily, so you’ll see your impact immediately

Requirements

• Experience building scalable microservices and working confidently with REST APIs
• Daily hands-on experience with Python, familiarity with the ecosystem stack, and productive application of it
• Additional language expertise in C/C++. Other languages like Go, Rust, or JavaScript are nice to have and can be applied flexibly depending on the use case
• Experience with modular software architecture and a solid understanding of clean code and system design
• Motivation to grow and try out new technologies hands-on
• Confident, reliable communication with various stakeholders—both in German and English.

Benefits

• Workations - As you will be working in an international team, our workations have always been international 🏖️
• Attractive remuneration (see additional information below)💰
• We support your personal development through further training and room for personal responsibility
• Work flexibly, whether from home (inside Germany) or in one of the coolest co-working spaces in Aachen - the Digital Church - or in Cologne.
• For flexible traveling: Deutschlandticket is on us
• A team of motivated people who are keen to make AI solutions accessible to SMEs too
• Work with the latest technologies & tools 🔨
• At amber, you actively shape our success, bring your ideas to life, and work on a product that solves real pain points.
• Start at amber with a company that helps you grow! Whether you’re passionate about new technologies or want to learn other skills, there’s room for growth in all directions.