Senior Backend Engineer – Platform
TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)
CloudDistributed SystemsGoGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesPostgres
Software Engineer – Backend, Cloud
apeirum
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇪🇸 Spain
Visit company websiteJob Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AzureCloudDockerERPIoTKafkaKubernetesMicroservices.NETNoSQLPythonRedisSQLTerraform
About the role
- Design and implement services that connect real factory systems (IoT, ERP, MES) with scalable cloud components
- Make sure our solutions run reliably in production: clean code, CI/CD, observability, and pragmatic use of AI where it adds value
- Build and maintain backend services & APIs in Python and C# (.NET)
- Integrate with IoT/ERP/MES systems and cloud components (Azure preferred)
- Set up and improve CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and monitoring
- Ensure observability (logging, tracing, metrics) and production readiness
- Collaborate closely with domain experts and teammates to turn prototypes into stable, maintainable products
- Contribute to architecture discussions and bring a pragmatic devops mindset
- Experiment with AI/LLM components where useful, but keep the focus on robust engineering
Requirements
- 3–5 years of software engineering experience (or equivalent impact)
- Strong skills in Python and/or C#/.NET; experience shipping APIs/services
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), Docker, and CI/CD
- Solid understanding of SQL databases; familiarity with NoSQL or streaming/event systems is a plus
- Knowledge of observability (tracing, logging, metrics) and production troubleshooting
- Self-driven, outcome-oriented, and transparent communicator
- Language: English (min. C1)
- NICE TO HAVE Microservices development experience (e.g. Dapr, Kafka, Redis)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows or vector search integration
- Exposure to industrial/edge tech (OPC UA, MQTT), time-series data, or IoT
- Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or infrastructure as code
- Basic knowledge of AI/LLMs and when to use them (but not mandatory)
- German language skills
Benefits
- 23 days of holidays
- Learning budget (courses/conferences)
- Top-tier hardware
- Flexible hours & remote work
- Occasional travel to Switzerland and within Spain
- Yearly strategic off-site
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonC#.NETAPIsCI/CDSQLNoSQLDockerKubernetesTerraform
Soft skills
self-drivenoutcome-orientedtransparent communicator
