Senior Backend Engineer, Go – AI Platform

Prosus Group

Senior Backend Engineer developing new MCP server infrastructure for Prosus's AI platform. Collaborating with a 10-person team in Amsterdam to deliver reliable AI-driven solutions.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeAmsterdam • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Building MCP server infrastructure that doesn't yet exist
Connecting it to a growing roster of AI and LLM providers
Ensuring MCP servers live and serve at least two new Toqan products within twelve months
Achieving measurable gains in backend service reliability and deployment frequency
Collaborating with product and platform colleagues to ship end-to-end solutions
Reviewing the state of the MCP server infrastructure
Checking integration health across AI model providers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong Go programming skills with a track record of building and operating production backend services
Hands-on AWS experience — designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native services at scale
Direct experience building MCP servers or working with Model Context Protocol in a real integration context
Practical experience integrating with multiple AI and LLM providers in production, translating model capabilities into robust backend systems
Comfortable owning CI/CD pipelines, automated test infrastructure (unit, integration, E2E), and build systems
Proven track record of collaborating across product and platform teams to ship features end-to-end
Systems-level thinking — you design for reliability, scalability, and performance from the start, not as an afterthought
Background in startups or fast-moving product teams where you owned outcomes end-to-end and shipped without waiting for perfect conditions
Active use of AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or similar) as part of your regular workflow — not occasionally, but as a genuine productivity multiplier
Experience building and maintaining event-sourced systems is a plus
Python programming skills are a plus
Experience using Generative AI and ML infrastructure tooling to drive measurable improvements in engineering efficiency is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Hybrid work setup based in Amsterdam.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Go programmingAWSMCP serversModel Context ProtocolCI/CD pipelinesautomated test infrastructureevent-sourced systemsPython programmingGenerative AIML infrastructure tooling

Soft Skills

collaborationsystems-level thinkingownershipadaptabilityproblem-solving