Senior Backend Engineer, Merantix

• Fluency in python: Including strong proficiency with base python as well as modern libraries and frameworks from backend engineering in python (e.g. fastAPI)
• Experience building APIs: Including experience building modern API services, strong understanding of REST principles, and preferably experience developing production-grade external-facing APIs (e.g. rate-limiting, versioning, client-SDKs, monitoring)
• Experience with Databases: Especially Postgres or other relational database systems, as well as ORMs like sqlalchemy and data migration tooling such as Alembic
• Experience with Cloud Services: Especially experience building scalable cloud infrastructure and deep familiarly with cloud services beyond compute (preferably in GCP), including experience designing cloud systems that can distribute heavy-processing jobs such as AI workloads
• Fluency in English (C1 level): With the ability to clearly communicate complex topics to diverse stakeholders from both technical and non-technical backgrounds
• The type of person we're looking for..
• Technically minded: You enjoy building software product and have experience solving technical challenges in real world settings. Any experience with building backend services for B2B SaaS products and/or AI LLM systems would be a major plus but we’re really looking for technically minded people who enjoy solving hard problems and want to apply their knowledge, experience and energy to building the next generation of AI tools for ESG and sustainability professionals
• Strong communicator and collaborator: You communicate proactively and in a structured way, considering trade-offs and keeping different stakeholders informed, with strong ability to communicate clearly, share ideas freely, and are not afraid to admit when we they don’t know something. You have clear communication, both verbal and written, in English, and can build strong internal and external relationships in order to collaborative effectively. You use your strong communication skills to develop clear documentation standards, architectural decision records and a rigorous code-review culture
• Low-ego: You understand the importance of being kind and respectful, you practice active listening and help set the tone for healthy and productive communication. You genuinely appreciates others’ contributions and have a high level of trust in others and respects their expertise (while also being confident in their own expertise)
• Giving and receiving clear, helpful feedback - You are used to giving and receiving feedback and understand how to address issues in a productive and clear way. You give and receive feedback with care and clarity, and always with the intention of making each other better. It would be a major plus if you have any experience and/or enjoy mentoring
• Pragmatic attitude: You can adjust plans, priorities, or approaches when the context changes, whether it’s a product pivot, shifting timelines, or new team structures. You have high personal agency, drive and ability to figure things out, learn and iterate in a positive way and are able to “disagree and commit” where necessary to stay focused on achieving our goals. You are a ‘builder’ and aim to pragmatically integrate AI into real-world products, moving beyond research to create tangible, impactful solutions

Desirable

• As Briink’s Senior Backend Engineer, you will work as part of the product and engineering team to bring the cutting edge of LLMs to environmental and sustainability teams and help advance Briink’s mission to use AI to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy
• This includes both using your knowledge and experience as backend engineer to design and build new backend services, as well as helping ensure the scalability, robustness, and maintainability of our platform as it scales
• Your main responsibilities will include:
• Ideate, design and scope new backend functionality in collaboration with the team to support new AI powered functionality and meet users needs
• Build new backend functionality and deliver on backend tasks, both as a individual contributor and while pair-programming with the team through to production and into the hands of our users
• Be the guardian of the backend services and ensure they are high quality, maintaining them and striving to improve their robustness as we scale
• Be a core member of the product and engineering team. Briink is a collaborative team and we really enjoy working together to build Briink into a successful company that has mission impact at scale. You will therefore work closely as part of a cross-discipline team spanning frontend, backend and AI systems, contributing your thoughts to a range of problems from across the stack as well as the wider business to help ensure all the work we do pushes in the same direction an helps achieve our mission!