Staff Backend Software Engineer

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🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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2 - 10 employees

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🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

Recruitment • B2B • SaaS

matchmatch is a premium recruitment firm focused on VC-backed startups in the EU and US. They provide executive search for C-suite and VP-level hires, technical engineering hiring (founding engineers, tech leads, AI/ML specialists) with deep technical vetting, go-to-market and revenue hires (sales, marketing, growth, customer success), and embedded recruitment where a recruiter joins the client's team for 3–6 months. They specialize in early-stage companies (pre-seed to Series A) with teams of 2–70 and funding between $500K–$10M, covering hiring across 15+ countries and cities like Berlin, London, and San Francisco. Metrics include 250+ people recruited, 75 vacancies closed last year, 40 days average time to fill. The team comprises operators and startup veterans with roles like Head of Talent & People, Sourcing Lead, and Talent Sourcer.

📋 Description

• Own the creation, design, and maintenance of the backend platform • Guide the system's technical architecture toward business success • Drive the overall architecture of backend systems, including services, data jobs, AI systems, search indices, and workflows • Manage the company's AWS infrastructure through Pulumi • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, test suites, and processes that ensure high engineering velocity while minimizing cost • Deliver key features in coordination with other engineers • Coordinate with stakeholders to conceptualize project timelines and evolving strategy

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer working on backend systems • Knowledge of common software architectures for web, mobile, and SaaS applications • Mastery of technical design, including data/object modeling and interface/API design • Expertise in data processing, workflow management, queuing systems, infrastructure management, monitoring systems, search, authentication, and related areas • Experience integrating AI workflows into production applications • Passionate adoption of agentic tools for software development • Ability to lead technical discussions and decisions, including framework selection • Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders and engineers outside the company • Enjoys working on small teams and evolving startup environments • Passionate about product and small details to deliver a delightful user experience

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