We are seeking a passionate Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js) to elevate our products to new heights. Your primary responsibilities will include designing and implementing innovative features while continuously enhancing our existing codebase. This role requires close collaboration with developers, UI/UX designers, and product managers. Additionally, you will play a crucial role in making technical and architectural decisions for our entire platform.

• Contribute to the planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of backend features within our system, currently serving over 150,000 users.
• Take ownership of intricate topics independently.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior backend developers.
• Contribute significantly to the scalability of our system, ensuring robust performance.
• Build business logic and APIs for consumption by multiple frontend clients.
• Review pull requests and foster collaboration with other developers.
• Maintain regular communication with product managers and UI/UX designers to validate new features early in the development cycle.

• Ideally 5+ years of prior experience in Node.js backend applications.
• Experience in using TypeScript and either Express.js or Nest.js.
• Good knowledge of API best practices and design principles.
• Experience in employing various architectural and design patterns.
• A deep understanding of SQL databases and other data stores, including optimisation for top performance.
• Proficient in git, preferably with experience in GitHub.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• A keen sense of when to prioritise simplicity in code versus investing in more generalised solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with fluency in English.
• The following are a plus:
  • Hold a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience with full-stack development, including either web or mobile applications.
  • Prior experience with event-driven service architectures.
  • Knowledge of the Google Cloud Platform.

• Accelerate your career growth by joining Europe's leading workplace management software company.
• Company-wide summit: We bring everyone in the company together in varying locations across Europe for a couple of days per year. Check out the video from our last company summit.
• “Bursts”: We support you and your team to get together in one location whenever you need a face-to-face meeting.
• Home office equipment: We are a remote-first company and we will support you financially in creating the home office environment that you need.
• Co-working budget: Take a spot in a modern co-working space around your corner.
• Learning and development: We support our employees’ future careers and education by offering a yearly development budget they can freely use for coaching, certification and conferences.
• Access to cutting-edge technologies, high levels of autonomy, and international working environment.

Here at deskbird, we help companies all around the world manage the challenges of hybrid work. With our people-centric software solution, employees can see when their colleagues come to the office and book a desk. Admins get office insights and analyses. We are one of the fastest-growing SaaS startups and a remote-first team consisting of international and diverse talent from 22 different nationalities with hubs in St. Gallen, Munich, Bucharest, Sofia, and Belgrade.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognising that diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our teams and strengthen our organisation. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, colour, place of birth, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military service status, or disability status.