Senior Backend Engineer to $6000

Bidpoint is a German AI-driven startup revolutionizing the tender and procurement market. We are building a high-load system for searching, indexing, and processing massive amounts of document data. We are looking for an engineer who views a database not just as a place to store JSON, but as a complex engine that needs to be tuned and scaled.

The Role: you’ll join a small, working directly with the founders

Focus: Scalable data handling, search engines, and large-scale document storage

No micromanagement & high autonomy

Stack

Core: Node.js / TypeScript

Database: deep PostgreSQL expertise (schema design, indexing, sharding, extensions like PostGIS)

Optional: Python, React/Next.js

Experience:

⁃ 5-8+ years in product-driven companies (BigTech or high-load product startups)
- Experience working with unstructured data and complex business logic – not just transforming or passing through structured JSON payloads
⁃ Database Mastery: you understand what happens under the hood of an ORM
⁃ Independence: ability to dive into unfamiliar domains and complex document structures without hand-holding
- Experience designing resilient backend architectures, including proper error handling and fallback strategies for external dependencies
- No outsource, no iGaming, no Crypto and no Studios experience