We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our development team. In this role, you will work on designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable backend applications, contributing directly to architectural and technical decisions while promoting engineering best practices. You'll collaborate with a talented team of developers in a dynamic, organized, and international environment where your analytical skills, technical leadership, and attention to detail will drive the success of our core systems. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your technical expertise, take ownership of critical services, and contribute to high-performance solutions.

Design and develop scalable backend applications using Node.js and ExpressJS, ensuring clean, maintainable, and well-structured code.
Build, optimize, and secure robust RESTful APIs and microservices capable of handling high-throughput production workloads.
Architect efficient relational database models (SQL), optimizing complex queries and managing schema design to ensure transaction integrity.
Take an active role in technical decisions, system architecture design, and the continuous improvement of the engineering lifecycle.
Participate heavily in code reviews, providing constructive architectural feedback to team members to ensure alignment with corporate quality standards.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex production issues in a timely manner, guaranteeing system high availability.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional and international teams to translate technical and business requirements into production-ready software solutions.
Foster a strong DevOps culture by leveraging containerization (Docker) to streamline local development and production deployment pipelines.
Participate actively in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, technical refinement, and retrospectives.

5+ years of proven professional experience in backend software engineering.
Solid command and production-grade experience working with Node.js and ExpressJS.
Extensive hands-on experience with relational databases (SQL), data modeling, and performance tuning.
Strong expertise in designing, implementing, and securing RESTful APIs and service orchestration.
Practical familiarity with containerization tools, specifically Docker, for managing application environments.
Proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git, along with continuous integration flows.
Fluent or advanced English communication skills, with comfort working daily in an international and distributed team environment.
Strong problem-solving mindset, technical autonomy, and a commitment to software engineering best practices.

Devoteam Group works for equal opportunities, promoting its employees based on merit and actively fights against all forms of discrimination. We are convinced that diversity contributes to the creativity, dynamism and excellence of our organization. All of our vacancies are open to people with disabilities.

At Devoteam, we believe that technology with strong human values can actively drive change for the better. Discover how Tech for People unlocks the future, creating a positive impact on the people and the world around us. We are a global leading player in Digital Transformation for leading organisations across EMEA, with a revenue of €1B. We believe in transforming technology to create value for our clients, partners and employees in a world where technology is developed for people. We are proud of the culture we have built together. We are proud of our people at the service of technology. We are proud of our diverse environment. Because we are #TechforPeople. Join our multidisciplinary team of Cloud experts, Designers, Business consultants, Security experts, Engineers, Developers and other extraordinary talents, spread across more than 20 EMEA countries. Become one of our +10.000 tech and business leaders on cloud, data and cyber security. Let’s fuse creativity with technology together and build innovative solutions that actively change things for the better.

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