Backend Engineer
- Salary
- €70,000 - €110,000 annually
- Level
- Junior
- Work type
- On-site · Berlin
- Visa
- Sponsors visas
Open. First seen 2 November 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join a small engineering team building AI-powered operations software for private markets. You will own core backend infrastructure that supports reliable, secure workflows across hosted and self-hosted deployments.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain backend systems for permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability.
- Manage deployment architectures for hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Improve the reliability, performance, and security of production services.
- Partner with product teams to deliver features while maintaining high quality standards.
- Apply AI-native development practices to support rapid, high-quality releases.
What We're Looking For
- 1 to 6 years of professional backend development experience.
- Production experience building services with TypeScript and NestJS.
- Production experience with PostgreSQL and Prisma.
- Experience managing deployments with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
- Practical experience improving production reliability, security, performance, observability, or auditability.
- Practical experience with AI, machine learning, LLMs, or AI-native systems.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary range: €70,000 to €110,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in Berlin, Germany.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Nest.js · Pulumi · Terraform
Rare in Clera's other 198 open postings.
Compared with Clera's other open jobs.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 200 open in Engineering. 134 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (96 of 200), TypeScript (87 of 200), Python (81 of 200), React (75 of 200), Machine Learning (50 of 200), PostgreSQL (38 of 200), Supabase (35 of 200)
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From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.
Posting history
Reposted 2 times since 27 September 2026: a posting for this role in Berlin was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 2 November 2026 – open (this posting)
- 28 October 2026 – open
- 25 October 2026 – closed 1 November 2026
- 21 October 2026 – closed 28 October 2026
- 15 October 2026 – closed 27 October 2026
- 8 October 2026 – closed 28 October 2026
- 2 October 2026 – closed 28 October 2026
- 27 September 2026 – closed 28 October 2026
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6 other open postings titled Backend Engineer state a salary: median EUR 66,000 to EUR 92,500 a year.
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