Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Novi Sad, Serbia; full-time position based out of the Serbia office with a hybrid work model combining remote flexibility and in-person collaboration.

Company

Building data infrastructure that helps organizations move, transform, and trust data for analytics, AI, and business decisions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs for the Developer Experience platform.
• Build Public APIs, Terraform Provider capabilities, and Model Context Protocol integrations for infrastructure management and automation.
• Design scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable systems with consistent APIs, backward compatibility, and strong performance.
• Own features from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams; participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues and use AI-assisted tools for coding, debugging, testing, reviews, and technical exploration.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including strong backend development skills, preferably with Java or Go.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs and backend services.
• Experience building reliable distributed systems operating at scale under strict availability and performance requirements.
• Ability to design maintainable solutions, make sound technical decisions, and balance short-term delivery with long-term architecture.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including diagnosing complex production issues.
• Experience writing clean, structured, testable code and following modern engineering practices.
• Hands-on regular use of AI-assisted coding and development tools, with understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and best practices.
• Ability to independently own complex engineering tasks and communicate effectively in technical discussions, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Nice to have

• Experience with Terraform Providers, Infrastructure as Code, or developer automation tools.
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol, AI agents, or LLM-based integrations.
• Experience designing public APIs with OpenAPI, including versioning, authentication, and backward compatibility.
• Understanding of OAuth 2.0, identity management, and API security.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, developer platforms, SDKs, CLIs, observability, monitoring, or performance optimization of distributed services.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining remote flexibility with in-person collaboration in Novi Sad.
• Employer-paid medical insurance, with terms varying by country and worker type.
• Paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days.
• RSU stock grants, professional development and training opportunities, and a monthly cell phone stipend.
• Mental health support for covered employees and dependents, including therapy, coaching, and mindfulness resources.
• Virtual social events, free food, and team-building activities.