Senior Backend Engineer (m/w/d)

Full time, part time, contract

Remote

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About the Project

We are a team of seasoned entrepreneurs on a mission to democratize public procurement. Every year, billions in government tenders go unnoticed or unclaimed because the process is fragmented, outdated, and buried in bureaucracy. We believe that finding and winning public contracts should be simple, transparent, and accessible to every company, not just those with the biggest admin teams.

The technology we’re building at Bidpoint.ai is transforming how companies discover, qualify, and win public tenders. By combining large-scale data aggregation, document automation, and AI-powered search, we are laying the foundation for a radically more efficient public sector economy. From construction to healthcare, from local projects to global infrastructure, we unlock opportunity for every builder, creator, and problem solver.

Our team is made up of ambitious, curious, and impact-driven people who want to challenge outdated systems and build products that make a real-world difference. We aim to turn complexity into simplicity and wasted hours into wins.

If you’re excited about building things that cut through bureaucracy and change how public markets work, we’d love to hear from you.

The Challenge

Right now, our system processes only about 10% of available publications. Even at this scale, we're handling:

  • ~1,000 tenders
  • ~1,000 documents (5–10 pages each)
  • ~5 million tokens

This needs to be processed daily while keeping the system fast and responsive for user queries.

Our goal:

  • Process 100% of German tender data by the end of the year
  • Scale our data throughput 30–50x

Tech Stack

  • Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python
  • Frameworks: FastAPI, Node.js, React, Next.js, Mantine UI
  • Databases: PostgreSQL with BM25 and semantic search extensions

We currently use Next.js during the prototyping phase and plan to migrate to a more performant, app-optimized framework soon.

What You'll Work On

  • Develop and maintain microservices for tender and document scraping
  • Build and improve frontend APIs
  • Contribute to the customer-facing UI
  • Take part in architecture and infrastructure discussions

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves

  • 5+ years of professional experience in product-driven software development
  • Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL
  • Hands-on experience with REST APIs, ORMs, Docker, and Linux environments
  • Strong communication: clarity and speed in English (internal communication)

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with document processing, OCR, and automation
  • Experience with SentenceTransformers
  • Familiarity with embedding models and hybrid keyword/vector search
  • Skilled in PostgreSQL performance tuning

Reasons to join

Be part of a fast-moving, innovative environment where your work makes a real-world difference every day:

  • Culture of accountability: Get it done in time in your own rhythm. We don’t want to manage how you get there. 
  • We work async and remote. It requires responsibility and great communication – which you will receive in return as well.
  • At the end of the day it’s all about the people: apply, get to know us, decide. 

Inclusivity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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