Backend Engineer
LightCopenhagen, Denmark
Building our core Smart Financial Platform further that helps multinational companies manage all of their accounting with AI and a great UX.
Keeping focus on customer needs while implementing robust and scalable technical solutions.
Developing and optimizing backend services, APIs, and infrastructure to support our high-performance frontend applications.
Your qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience building robust backend systems with solid understanding of server-side architecture and API design.
- Strong command of backend programming languages, with the ability to write clean, efficient code.
- Proficiency in Kotlin / Java, JVM, PostgreSQL, AWS
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and DB schemas that scale.
- Deeply care about quality - you actively participate in code reviews, write comprehensive unit and integration tests, and thoroughly QA your work.
- Great communicator who collaborates effectively with frontend engineers on API design and cross-functional teams on system architecture.
- You can commit and ship production-ready code that is secure, scalable, performant, and maintains well.
- Practical experience using AI or emerging technology tools to improve productivity, insight, or decision-making, with the ability to apply first-principles thinking to new problems.
Bonus points:
- Experience with accounting or companies' finance flows (accounts payable, invoicing, payments etc).
- Building AI-naitive robust and scalable applications.
- You've been thriving in high-growth startups.
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FAQ
- Is the Backend Engineer position at Light remote?
- Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
- When was this Backend Engineer job posted?
- This listing was posted on February 3, 2026 and is still open for applications.
- How do I apply for the Backend Engineer position at Light?
- Use the apply button on this page — it takes you directly to the employer’s application page.
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