Senior Backend Engineer (Architecture & Cloud)
Synmatch AI · European Union
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Jul 5, 2026
European Union
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role at a Munich-based R&D consultancy working in medical imaging, computer vision, and AI. The position involves owning the architecture of backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, while also serving as a technical lead — setting standards, mentoring developers, and reviewing code. Day-to-day work spans Python-based backend development, cloud platform management, and cross-functional collaboration with frontend, product, and R&D teams.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6,000–15,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is based at a Munich, Germany company; the US-based flag is set to false as the primary work location is outside the United States. The caller has declared it fully remote with a national (German) candidate pool.
FastAPI is listed as 'ideally' preferred within the required Python skill; other backend languages (Java, Node.js, C#, Go) are explicitly noted as 'also valued' — FastAPI is treated as the primary named tool with those languages as alternatives, reflecting the substitution framing in the requirements section.
GitHub Actions and GitLab CI are listed together as examples under the required CI/CD gate; both are captured as alternatives under a single CI/CD tooling skill.
The 'Desirable (but not required)' section is the source for all preferred skills: Kubernetes, Keycloak/OAuth/OIDC/SAML, WebSockets, monitoring tools (Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog/Sentry), and frontend technologies (React, TypeScript).
Compensation is quoted in EUR (€70,000–€95,000/year), consistent with the Munich-based employer.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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