Senior Backend Engineer (B2B SaaS Startup)

Our Mission Join us in reshaping global trade in a fast-growing startup! We are traide AI – a VC-backed, B2B deep tech startup based in Berlin, using AI to solve one of the most overlooked yet critical challenges in international trade: customs compliance. Our software automates product classification, reduces regulatory errors, and helps customers save up to 83% of their time. Trusted by leading brands like Siemens Healthineers, Koro, and Jack Wolfskin , we've achieved 2 x growth over the past 12 months – and we're just getting started. Your tasks At traide AI, we believe customs specialists deserve smarter, faster workflows and the future of global trade depends on it. As a Senior Backend Engineer , you'll play a pivotal role in builing robust, AI-powered backend services and infrastructure that drives the value creation for our customers. Your main expertise lies in backend technology but you should not be afraid to contribute to other parts of the application. You'll join a tight-knit, VC-backed B2B startup - calm but ambitious - where your ideas shape both product and culture. Product Development Own the end-to-end delivery of new features and improvements in our web application across the whole stack: shaping everything from technical design to production release Write both client-side and server-side code within our well-established codebases Analyse and communicate trade-offs in technical designs in RFC style discussions, drive decisions for your projects Be the backend expert in rotating project teams, give feedback on the contribution of other team members within your area of expertise Cross-functional collaboration Work alongside designers to shape user flows, evaluate feasibility, and improve interfaces and user experience Partner with AI engineers to bring cutting-edge research and prototypes into production-ready features Contribute your perspective to product discussions, helping set direction with both technical and user impact in mind Code quality &