Backend Engineer Porto

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Teachers spend too much time on repetitive tasks such as creating and grading assessments, which takes away valuable time with their students. At Intuitivo, we’re changing that. Our
-
- use digital platform streamlines the assessment process, helping teachers save time, become more productive, and focus on what matters most—teaching.

Backed by top VC funds, trusted by hundreds of schools and thousands of teachers, we’re just getting started. Working here means joining a young, energetic team in a creative, informal environment where everyone’s voice counts. We’re all about growth, collaboration, and making work enjoyable.

The Role

We’re hiring a Backend Engineer to help design and build scalable, reliable, and
- performance services and APIs.

In this role, you’ll:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs;
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, full‑stack engineers, and product teams to deliver backend services;
• Work with databases, caching, and messaging systems to build efficient and resilient systems;
• Have a strong influence on architecture decisions and the overall technical direction of the backend stack;
• Optimize application performance and scalability to handle high concurrency;
• Ensure reliability and observability through logging, metrics, and alerting;
• Participate in code reviews, contribute to technical discussions, and help improve engineering practices.

About You

• Most importantly, you’re humble, and a great team player, making you a fit with our culture;
• You’re eager to learn new technologies and like being up to date with the new trends in your area;
• At least 3 years of experience as a Backend Engineer;
• Organized, autonomous, with good communication skills;
• You have strong experience in backend development, ideally with Node. js or Type
  Script;
• You’re comfortable designing RESTful APIs and integrating with cloud services (AWS preferred);
• You have hands‑on experience with SQL databases (e. g. , Postgre
  SQL);
• You care about code quality and maintainability;
• You enjoy solving performance and scalability challenges and take a data‑driven approach to optimization;
• You have a strong experience in high‑concurrency or high‑traffic systems and performance testing;
• Fluent in Portuguese and English.

Nice to Have

• Experience in startups or fast‑paced environments;
• Experience with AWS services (e. g. , ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Cloud
  Watch);
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker);
• Knowledge of caching layers and async processing (Redis, SQS, etc. );
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern Dev
  Ops practices;
• Understanding of security best practices (authentication, authorization, secrets management).

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

• ? Unique Culture: A friendly and informal environment where you will feel comfortable surrounded by a young, humble, yet ambitious team;
• ? Impact: We’re still a small team, so everyone has a big impact on the future of the company. Plus, you will be working on an impactful product, with the potential to improve the quality of education all over the world;
• ? ? Hybrid Work: We have an amazing office in Porto (UPTEC Asprela), but you have the flexibility to work from home whenever you want;
• ⏰ Flexible Schedule: We’re flexible on schedule. If you need to do something outside work during the day, no problem, you can make up for it later. As long as you’re getting the job done, we want you to be free to organize your schedule the way that suits you best;
• ? Tools: We will provide you with a laptop (usually a Macbook, but we can adapt to your preference). A cellphone is also provided to some roles;
• ? ⚕ Health Insurance: Health shouldn’t ever be a concern. We provide everyone in the team with a Health Insurance plan, with the option to add family members and upgrade conditions;
• ? Annual Retreat: We host at least one 3‑day team retreat every year, where we travel, relax, bond over fun activities, and get to know each other better;
• ? Birthday Off: On top of the usual 22 working days of paid time off + public holidays, you’ll also have at least your birthday and Christmas Eve off.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: E-Learning Providers