Teneo Online School
Backend Engineer II
Remote Backend Engineer role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJul 2, 2026
Eligible countries38 accepted countries
Seniority signalMiddle
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
Role overview
Backend Engineer II
Requirements and responsibilities
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What you will do
- Build and maintain backend services, APIs, webhooks and integration services.
- Develop secure, scalable foundations for multi-tenant education products.
- Build and improve integrations with learning platforms, third-party services, AI providers and internal systems.
- Design reliable data flows for assessment, feedback, learner activity, reporting and operational workflows.
- Build and maintain authentication, authorisation, permissions and audit capabilities appropriate for education products.
- Work with PostgreSQL, BigQuery and modern cloud application infrastructure.
- Build and deploy containerised services in cloud environments.
- Improve reliability, observability, performance and maintainability across backend systems.
- Investigate production issues, identify root causes and implement durable fixes.
- Work closely with Product and AI Engineers to turn product needs into scalable technical systems.
- Engage with education partners where useful to understand real workflows and improve integrations.
- Use AI-assisted development tools appropriately while maintaining strong standards for testing, security and code quality.
- Write clean, tested and maintainable code.
What we are looking for
- 3+ years of professional backend engineering experience in production environments.
- Experience owning backend services, APIs, integrations, webhooks or cloud-based systems beyond narrowly scoped feature delivery.
- Strong experience with TypeScript/Node.js, Python or similar modern backend technologies.
- Experience with frameworks such as NestJS, FastAPI, Express or similar.
- Solid understanding of APIs, authentication, validation, permissions, databases and backend architecture.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and modern cloud platforms.
- Experience integrating third-party APIs, SaaS platforms or AI services.
- Experience with Docker or similar containerisation tools.
- A self-directed mindset and the ability to investigate unclear technical problems, make sound decisions and move work towards practical solutions.
- Strong ownership, debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Clear written and spoken English.
Nice to haves
- Experience with learning-platform integrations, LTI standards or education technology.
- Experience with event-driven systems, data pipelines, workflow automation or integration-heavy products.
- Experience building multi-tenant SaaS products.
- Experience with CI/CD, monitoring, logging, privacy, security or auditability.
- Experience with Google Cloud or comparable cloud platforms.
- A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering or a related technical discipline.
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