Posted on Dec 1, 16:05

Senior Back-end Engineer

Belgium , Gent
Hybrid
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Twikey builds software for automating recurring payments: digital contract and mandate signing, SEPA direct debit processing, invoicing logic, and integrations with European banks and accounting systems. We’re growing and looking for a Senior Back-end Engineer to help improve and extend the core of our platform.

You’ll work with the CTO and a small engineering team on real production challenges: performance, correctness, data modelling, integration workflows, and system reliability. The role is hands-on and technical: clean code, maintainability, and measurable improvements matter.

Stack: Java + Spring, Go, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Linux. (Front-end uses Angular/Svelte.)

What you’d work on

  • Improving backend performance (queries, caching, algorithms, data flows)
  • Designing and implementing new backend features
  • Keeping the codebase clean, testable, and maintainable
  • Working on integrations with banks and third-party systems
  • Reviewing code, proposing improvements, reducing complexity
  • Contributing to release processes in an Agile environment

Requirements

  • 5+ years professional experience with Java + Spring
  • Strong experience with PostgreSQL
  • Comfortable improving performance and understanding system behavior under load
  • Writes clean, structured, testable code
  • Communicates clearly and works well in a small team
  • Fluent in at least two of: Dutch / English / French
  • Nice to have: API integrations, web services, Linux, fintech/banking domain knowledge

If you’re motivated by clean code, stable systems, and performance improvements, we’d like to hear from you.