# Backend Engineer

[Clera](https://gurify.com/jobs?q=Clera) · Berlin · Posted yesterday

[Backend](https://gurify.com/jobs/backend)

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## Job description

### ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a fast-moving energy technology company building the operating system for the next generation of electricity supply in Europe. The engineering team is developing a modular billing engine, low-level energy-market communication protocols, and a full accounting ledger — powering dynamic electricity plans for households and hardware manufacturers across the continent.

As a Backend Engineer on the core infrastructure team, you'll work on the systems that sit at the heart of the platform: scalable, reliable, and designed to handle the complexity of real-time energy markets, embedded billing, and regulated electricity supply.

### WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Solve for complexity through design — translate ambiguous, multi-layered business and regulatory requirements into clean, maintainable backend architecture.

- Scale the core — own and evolve the critical services underpinning billing, ledger, and market communication systems as the platform grows.

- Bias for action — ship with speed and confidence; make pragmatic trade-offs and iterate quickly in a fast-paced environment.

- Raise the bar — champion engineering best practices, participate actively in code review, and help grow the technical culture of a small but high-calibre team.

### WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

### Required

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

- 3–10+ years of backend development experience.

- Strong proficiency in TypeScript (Node.js), including a solid grasp of asynchronous programming patterns.

- Production experience with PostgreSQL and an ORM (e.g. Drizzle) for data access and schema management.

- Experience with Next.js, including API routes or server components used for backend services.

- Familiarity with distributed systems concepts — designing scalable, maintainable core services.

- Experience integrating Stripe payments and related billing flows.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, an ownership mindset, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

- Willingness to work on-site in Berlin, Germany.

### Nice to Have

- Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (e.g. Temporal).

- Experience in energy, fintech, or other regulated / billing-heavy domains.

- Exposure to API-first or headless platform architecture.

### Tech Stack

- TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, Hono

- PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM

- Temporal, Stripe

- Tailwind (front-of-backend / server components)

### COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

- Salary: €80,000 – €120,000 per year, depending on experience.

- Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.

- Opportunity to join a small, high-impact team at an early stage and shape core technical decisions from the ground up.

### LOCATION

This role is on-site in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be willing to work from the Berlin office full-time. Visa sponsorship is available.

**Live in Clera’s hiring system.** Read from the company's own applicant tracking system, not reposted from a job board — so it's a real, open requisition rather than an ad that outlived the role.

We remove it as soon as it disappears at source.

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