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  • Join us to reshape tax technology from the ground up - we’re building a platform for fintechs, banks, and tax advisors to easily launch tax tools. Backed by top investors, we’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to help build our core systems.

    If you are a passionate engineer who thrives on innovation and dreams of disrupting a traditional industry with technology, then join us to revolutionize the way everyone does their taxes!

    The Opportunity

    You’ll shape the platform’s architecture, influence key product decisions, and build the backbone of a tax infrastructure used by financial institutions across Europe.

    You'll build a platform that enabling fintechs to offer and create their own tax tools - by smart integration with us.

    Tasks

    Your Responsibilities

    • Design and implement scalable, high-performance architecture for distributed and high-load backend systems.
    • Make key architectural decisions and drive technical strategy to ensure robustness, reliability, and maintainability under load.
    • Take ownership of designing and implementing core backend systems from scratch - shaping the foundation of our emerging platform.
    • Work closely with the CTO to bring the product roadmap to life, turning vision into scalable and maintainable architecture.
    • Ship new features at high velocity without compromising code quality, reliability, or performance.
    • Play a key role in fostering a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture as we scale the team.

    Requirements

    Experience We’re Looking For

    Strong technical background with 7+ years of full-time engineering experience, preferably across the following tech stack:

    • 🚀 Backend Development: Typescript (Nest.js) and Java/Kotlin - solid experience and designing scalable RESTful or GraphQL APIs. Strong knowledge of authentication (JWT, OAuth2) and event-driven architectures (Kafka, WebSockets).
    • 🏦 Database Management: Expertise in PostgreSQL, schema design, query optimization, and ORMs like Prisma.
    • 🌥️ Cloud Infrastructure: Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, Functions), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), Docker, and Kubernetes.

    Who We're Looking For

    This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer eager to join a well-funded company at its early stages where most of the product is still to be built. You’ll be a strong match if:

    • You excel in autonomy, taking ownership of the details, and have a strong ability and drive to manage your own projects and work from start to finish
    • You prefer focused building and coding time over meetings and love being productive, and delivering value
    • You’re excited to be part of a high-performing team, surrounded by talented peers who will challenge you to grow and are ready to tackle the ambitious road ahead

    Bonus points

    • 🚀 Knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Go or Python
    • 🎛️ Good understanding or experience with microservice architecture, as well as experience with high-loaded systems
    • 💸 Experience in fintech projects or startups.
    • 💰 Experience in building products in regulated industries like payroll, fintech, or tax or had projects where you build a tax solution
    • 📩 Experience in building SDK/white-label software products
    • 🤍 Big plus: Knowledge in React, Next.js or other frontend technologies. Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand), modern styling (TailwindCSS, Styled Components) and other major Frontend technologies

    We value hustle and heart. If you have the technical chops and an entrepreneurial spirit, we want to hear from you, even if your experience isn't a perfect match.

    Let's disrupt the tax industry together.

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