🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany · 1d ago

Backend Engineer

Clera

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About The RoleJoin a small, high-caliber founding team at a pre-seed AI/fintech startup building the next generation of AI-native operations infrastructure for private markets. You'll own core backend systems that power fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation — with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across both hosted and self-hosted deployments.This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for an engineer who thrives in early-stage environments and wants to shape foundational architecture from the ground up.What You'll DoOwn and manage backend infrastructure for permissions, auditability, traceability, and observabilityDesign and oversee deployment architectures for hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code toolsEnhance system reliability, performance, and security in productionPartner closely with product teams to ship features while maintaining high quality standardsDrive AI-native development practices to enable rapid, high-quality releasesWhat We're Looking ForRequired:1–6 years of backend engineering experience with a strong emphasis on permissions systems, auditability, traceability, and observabilityHands-on experience with distributed systems and modern observability toolchains (metrics, logs, tracing)Comfortable working in a small founding team — strong ownership, initiative, and cross-functional coordination are essentialEligible to work in Germany and willing to work on-site in BerlinTech stack in use:TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Inngest, Mastra, React, TailwindNice to have:Background in fintech, private markets, fund accounting, or enterprise SaaSExperience at companies operating in the AI/ML or financial operations spaceCompensation & BenefitsSalary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experienceEarly-stage equity opportunityDirect impact on product direction and architecture at a founding-team levelLocationBerlin, Germany — on-siteCandidates must be eligible to work in Germany; no visa sponsorship available

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