Senior Backend Engineer, Holocene

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TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Rust

Mid and Senior level

Berlin

AI for global trade & logistics

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AI for global trade & logistics

1-20 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsTradingSupply ChainSaaS

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Rust

Mid and Senior level

Berlin

1-20 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsTradingSupply ChainSaaS

Company mission

To develop an AI model that can replicate human society and predict the supply chain impact of any kind of event or trend - from extreme weather and political unrest to complex consumer behaviors.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You don't wait for permission or perfectly scoped tickets. You figure out what needs to be done, unblock yourself, make pragmatic decisions, and take extreme ownership of the outcomes
4–6+ years of deep backend experience
We care about your engineering fundamentals, not just your syntax history. You should be comfortable working in Node.js/TypeScript, but we welcome experts from other ecosystems (Go, Python, Rust, etc.) who can ramp up and ship quickly
Production expertise
Proven track record of building and scaling asynchronous APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures
Infra & Deployment fluency
Deep understanding of modern deployment paradigms (GitOps, containerization, serverless/Cloud Run environments)
Product sense
Ability to reason about business tradeoffs, not just technical ones. Ambiguity doesn't scare you

Desirable

Background in SaaS, logistics, or real-time systems
Familiarity with Prisma, WebSockets, or complex event-driven patterns
Experience building or orchestrating multi-agent LLM systems and advanced AI integrations

What the job involves

We are looking for a high-agency, deeply technical backend engineer physically present in Berlin or (CET Timezone)
This is a product-heavy, high-collaboration role working closely with our founder, and ML teams
We operate without bureaucracy or a "ticket factory" mentality
You will own your product piece entirely, deeply understand the business logic behind it, and leverage the latest productivity tools to move quickly and decisively
Command your product piece: Own features end-to-end, from architectural design and data modeling to deployment and monitoring
Leverage productivity multipliers: Champion practices that let the team move fast without breaking things—enforcing strict TypeScript, static analysis, rigorous unit testing, and OpenAPI schemas for rock-solid API contracts
Build async-first: Design and implement highly scalable backend services, asynchronous APIs, and robust queueing systems
Ship via GitOps: Embrace a GitOps mindset to manage deployments, utilizing containerization and worker pools (Cloud Run) to keep delivery fast and predictable
Collaborate & Elevate: Participate in technical discussions that actively influence the product roadmap, working tightly with ML and frontend components

Our take

Holocene is a startup focused on revolutionising trade compliance and logistics. Although it's still in the early stages, the company is already showing great potential by offering solutions that simplify and integrate the complex, ever-changing global trade regulations and policies. This, in turn, has the potential to greatly improve the efficiency of logistics and supply chain companies.

It’s encouraging that Holocene was backed and partly incubated by Berlin-based startup company builder BEAM, as well as Beumer Group, a multinational intralogistics systems manufacturer operating in 70 countries.

While the early signs are promising for the startup, the next big steps will be to secure significant funding to scale while expanding its customer base in Germany.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Company HQ

Kollwitzkiez, Berlin, BE

Leadership

Navneet Lekshminarayanan

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Former Head of Sales at HackerEarth (Recruitment software), and DoSelect (acquired by Naukri.com).

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