Senior Backend Engineer - API (d/f/m)

Senior Backend Engineer - API (d/f/m) at vivenu

Overview

Welcome to vivenu, the global leader in event ticketing tech. We are transforming event ticketing for global leaders and scale to handle over 1 billion requests per month with an API-first platform that delivers performance, flexibility, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend APIs and services that power core business functionality across our platform
• Leading the conceptualization and integration of APIs across multiple domains, ensuring consistency, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Driving continuous improvement of our engineering processes, helping the team deliver quickly and at a high standard
• Evaluating and adopting new technologies, bringing pragmatic innovation to the platform where it adds value
• Writing modular, reliable, and testable code, and uphold high standards of code quality, readability, and architecture
• Partnering closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ship impactful features and improvements
• Mentoring junior engineers by sharing knowledge and guiding them toward best practices in backend and API development

What you will need to succeed in this role

• Resilience and the ability to take ownership and go the extra mile when needed
• 3+ years of experience in modern JavaScript (ES2015+) environments; TypeScript is a plus
• Passion for API design and backend architecture, and enjoy building services that scale
• Strong opinions and experience with code quality, modular architecture, and modern engineering standards
• A solid understanding of distributed systems and experience building high-availability backend applications
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases, message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka), and scalable infrastructure patterns
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs and make architectural decisions that serve the platform’s long-term goals
• A growth mindset and the desire to learn new technologies and contribute to a high-performance engineering culture

Our Stack

• Microservices running in a container orchestrated cloud-agnostic infrastructure
• TypeScript and Node.js in the backend with a growing share of Golang

Why join vivenu?

Live Entertainment Tech: Play a mission-critical role for global brands, redefining fan experiences from festivals to major sports events.

Sustainable Growth: We scale sustainably on a profitable, VC-backed foundation with true product-market fit.

Top-tier Team: Collaborate with over 130 professionals, including leaders from Google, Slack, and Salesforce.

Global DNA: We’re a diverse, merit-driven team across six global offices.

Fast Growing, in All Aspects: We’re consistently ranked among Europe’s fastest-growing scale-ups.

Next-Gen Leaders & Insights: Work with tech’s brightest minds and help shape the ticketing industry’s future.

vivenu Inclusion Statement: We believe our people define our success and strive for bold, diverse minds. We’re committed to a workplace where everyone feels empowered to contribute, grow, and thrive to shape the future of live entertainment globally.

Check out our mission statement and corporate values here.

Job Details

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Software Development

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