Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Warsaw | Hybrid: 3 days in office, 2 days remote

About Consid

Consid is an award-winning IT and consulting company founded in Sweden, with a strong presence across Scandinavia and Europe. We partner with leading organizations to build modern, scalable digital solutions while combining strong engineering culture with long-term collaboration and business impact.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join one of our clients in the private equity sector. In this role, you will contribute to the development of critical internal platforms that support business operations at scale. You will work in a small, high-performing engineering team focused on building reliable, secure, and maintainable backend solutions.

This position is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, writing high-quality code, and working closely with both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and applications.

• Build and deploy production-ready solutions with a strong focus on code quality, security, and maintainability.

• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decision-making.

• Collaborate with engineers, tech leads, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.

• Develop automated tests and contribute to improving engineering standards and best practices.

• Support CI/CD processes and continuous delivery of software.

• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.

• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment and support.

Requirements

Must Have

• 8+ years of professional experience in backend or full-stack software development.

• Strong experience building and maintaining complex backend systems in production environments.

• Excellent understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing, CI/CD, and code quality.

• Hands-on experience with at least one backend programming language such as Go or Java.

• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks and testing methodologies.

• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a product-oriented environment.

• Very good spoken and written English.

Nice to Have

• Experience with data pipelines and tools such as dbt.

• Experience with TypeScript, React, Node.js, or Next.js.

• Experience with Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, or other container orchestration platforms.

• Experience working in product-led organizations.

• Experience collaborating directly with business stakeholders.

• Experience building internal platforms or business-critical systems.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on business-critical platforms used across a global organization.

• Small, highly skilled engineering team with strong ownership and autonomy.

• Modern technology stack and engineering-driven culture.

• Long-term project with significant impact on internal products and workflows.

• Hybrid working model with flexibility and collaborative office environment.

Recruitment Process

1. Screening Call (30 min): A short introductory conversation with our recruitment team to discuss your background, motivation, and role expectations.

2. Cultural Fit Interview: A meeting focused on collaboration style, communication approach, and how you operate in an international environment.

3. Technical Interview: A deeper technical discussion covering data architecture, analytics engineering, and HR data topics, including a hands-on deep dive relevant to day-to-day responsibilities.

4. Final Interview (45 min): A concluding conversation focused on behavioural aspects, leadership and ownership mindset, and managerial alignment.