Senior Backend Engineer, (Remote, Europe) at Modash. Remote — Data Team — Full-time. Modash gives brands the tools to work with the right content creators and helps creators earn a living doing what they love. Behind the scenes, . we’re building the world-class data platform that powers creator discovery for thousands of companies . — and we’re looking for a hardened . Senior Backend Engineer. to shape the direction of the creator economy. . 🚀 What your day-to-day will look like. We’re not a service function —. Data & Backend Engineering are core product capabilities at Modash. , building products for customers to use. You’ll own projects end-to-end, from idea to launch. . Here’s a typical day:. Start your day with a short standup. Heads-down focus time to plan, build, iterate, and launch. Minimal meetings — maximum ownership. You’ll be working on big, impactful projects like:. Building a creator search engine indexing 350M+ influencer profiles. Creating an understanding of the creators location, age, and interests at scale. Creating systems to extract audience demographics from raw social data. Shaping the future of AI-assisted search, exploring how LLMs and embeddings can enhance search and recommendations.. You won’t be patching pipelines — you’ll be creating data products from scratch that directly impact customers.. 👥 The Data Team. At Modash, data engineering isn’t a support function — it’s at the heart of the product. You’ll be part of a growing team of 4 data engineers, working alongside 4 backend engineers as part of our broader data organization.. We work in two closely aligned teams:. Data Engineering – responsible for building our data platform, pipelines, and data points (like for search).. Backend Engineering – focused on APIs, infrastructure, and the product features that use our data.. We value autonomy, but we also love to work closely as a team — through pair programming, feedback, and shared wins. Everyone is expected to take ownership, but nobody works in isolation.. We’re remote-first, but we make time to connect IRL with regular team offsites, where we have fun, collaborate, and reflect.. ⚙️ Our tech stack. AWS with Pulumi (IaC). Typescript and Node.js. Airflow for orchestration. SageMaker, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Kinesis, Lambda, ECS. GitHub, Confluence, Miro, Jira. 🧪 The interview process. We move fast. You can get interviewed in under a week. Process consists of:. 1. Intro chat. 2. Technical interviews: 1. Coding challenge (Typescript) and 2. System Design. 3. Culture & alignment call with the CEO Avery Schrader - That’s it! . 🛠 Skillset we’re looking for. Solid experience as a Backend Engineer handling large-scale APIs. Strong experience with . TypeScript. and NodeJS. Hands-on experience with scraping, collecting, and/or processing data.. Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem (Glue, EMR, DynamoDB, etc.). You've built full features from idea to production: planning & scoping → architecture → coding → release.. Experience in a fast-paced startup with strong ownership. Care deeply about code quality and system design.. You're based in Europe with at least a few hours overlap with GMT+3. . ✅ Bonus points if you…. Have worked with AI/ML tools or LLMs. Are curious about the creator economy (we’ll help you get up to speed). . 🧑🔧 We’re looking for people that. Are tirelessly in search of the best versions of ourselves – Who want to really show what they’ve got and want to prove the world and themselves what they’re capable of.. Are direct in their communication – We support and encourage one another through direct, immediate & helpful feedback.. Know how to become autonomous - Who we can trust to do their best work without needing processes to guardrail.. Are willing to take ownership to stand up for ourselves, our teams, and our communities.. Have fun, are honest, and do great work – No title chasers, no finger pointers, no being awful. Absolutely no slowing down to protect ego.. Company Location: Poland.
Senior Backend Engineer, (Remote, Europe) at Modash