We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team at Pandektes and help shape the future of legal research. In this role, you'll work at the core of our product - building scalable backend systems, integrating advanced AI technologies, and ensuring our platform remains fast, reliable, and scalable. If you're excited about solving meaningful technical challenges and want to join a passionate and collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you.About PandektesThe volume of legislation and case law is growing exponentially, and legal professionals are now faced with navigating more data than ever before. At Pandektes, our mission is clear: to be the go-to platform for legal research and analysis across Europe.We empower legal professionals with precise, in-depth, and lightning-fast access to legal knowledge. Our platform simplifies legal research using artificial intelligence, intelligent search, and constantly updated legal sources.Pandektes has raised more than 4 million and recently closed a 2.9 million seed round (Feb 2025) led by People Ventures, Interface Capital, and leading angels. Pandektes already serves over 150 customers across Denmark and Germany. Our long-term ambition is to build Europes largest AI-powered legal database.What Youll DoBuild the backend for various user-facing features and data integrationsHelp in improving our API architecture to ensure scalability, maintainability, and optimal performance while integrating cutting-edge technologies and adhering to best practicesKeep our platform stable so we can continue to deliver a high-level of availability to our customersIdentifying the right problems to solve, focusing on meaningful outcomes, and using your experience to make trade-offs that have the highest impact on customers as fast as possible. Taking end-to-end ownership for features from start to finish - from inputting into initial design and planning all the way through to implementation, testing, and deliveryScale our services so we can ingest larger volumes of data, more efficiently. What You'll BringBuilding production-ready applications in Typescript with NestJS. Experience integrating AI technologies like OpenAI and Pinecone into production systems to build innovative, data-driven solutions. Experience with vector databases, transformers, NLP and LLMs is a plus. Strong understanding of GraphQL and database design, including complex querying with transactions, schema management with Prisma ORM and Postgres, and implementing advanced security measures such as row-level security for fine-grained data access control. Passion for solving challenging problems in the legal tech space, with a focus on building transparent and user-centric platforms with React. Self-starter and comfortable with ambiguity when navigating product challenges, and actively input into shaping product direction. You thrive in early ideation stages, share work-in-progress (such as drafts or MVPs) to gather feedback and actively seek others input. We encourage people to apply even though you dont tick all the boxes!How We WorkWe're a team of 25 based in our Copenhagen office and remotely across Europe. We value collaboration and curiosity and support each other to grow so that we can reach our mission together to redefine how legal research is done across Europe.We deploy multiple times a day, and we're strong believers in continuous integration and continuous deployment. Our customers trust us with their sensitive data, and security is always top of mind for us. We're looking for someone who shares our passion for building high-quality software and who can help us take our product to the next level.What we offerThe chance to play a key role in a fast-growing startupA collaborative work environment where your input is not only valued but often implemented within hours25 vacation days per year + public holidays International team events last time we went to Brussels, and wed love to have you join us next time Competitive compensation with commission-based payAn attractive ESOP programYour own Pleo card for necessary work expensesPaid parental leave - we know how valuable family time is We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race/ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, socio-economic status, culture or beliefs or any other characteristic protected by law.