About GoodSpace

GoodSpace is an AI-powered job platform helping job seekers find opportunities faster and helping employers hire more efficiently. Our AI engine powers personalized job recommendations, automated screening, and seamless career journeys. We’re expanding our engineering team to build scalable systems that support millions of users.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Backend Developer who can design and build robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems. You’ll work closely with the product and AI teams to develop APIs, improve system architecture, and ensure high reliability across our platform.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and scale backend services and APIs powering the GoodSpace platform.

Design efficient data models, handle large datasets, and optimize database performance.

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

Collaborate with frontend, AI/ML, and product teams to ship features rapidly.

Improve system reliability, observability, and performance.

Ensure security, data protection, and compliance across backend systems.

Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

1–4 years of backend development experience.

Strong command of one or more backend languages/frameworks:

Node.js, Python (FastAPI / Django), Go, or Java.

Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

Strong knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL, MongoDB, Redis).

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerisation (Docker).

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps basics.

Strong debugging, problem-solving, and architectural skills.

Good to Have

Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS).

Knowledge of serverless architectures.

Exposure to AI/ML API integration.

Experience working in a startup environment.

Why Join GoodSpace?

Build core systems used by millions of job seekers and employers.

Work in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment with direct impact.

Opportunity to collaborate with AI and product teams building category-defining features.

Growth pathways into senior engineering, architecture, or tech leadership roles.