Hybrid Junior Backend Developer

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About the role

  • Junior Backend Developer joining Insightful to work within a cross-functional team on microservices architecture. Focused on developing new features and improving system performance.

Responsibilities

  • Work as a Backend Developer within a cross-functional team, collaborating closely with other tech & product roles
  • Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code under the guidance of senior team members
  • Learn and apply backend development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and documentation
  • Assist in improving application performance, stability, and scalability
  • Help implement monitoring, metrics, and logging to ensure system reliability
  • Contribute to maintaining and refactoring existing services and modules
  • Follow security and compliance standards across the backend stack
  • Participate in knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade or RAF - School of Computing, Union University
  • Solid understanding of programming fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles
  • Understanding of asynchronous programming concepts
  • Some experience with Node.js or another backend language
  • Basic experience working with databases
  • Eagerness to take ownership, work diligently, and continuously improve your skills
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
  • Bonus points: 1–2 years of relevant work experience (internships included)
  • Exposure to Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or Kafka
  • Understanding of microservices or distributed systems concepts
  • Familiarity with real-time communication technologies such as WebSockets
  • Basic understanding of front-end technologies such as Angular, HTML, and CSS

Job title

Junior Backend Developer

Job type

Experience level

Junior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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