Modash is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build our core data products and creator search engine. You will own projects end-to-end, from idea to launch, working on impactful systems like indexing 350M+ influencer profiles and shaping the future of AI-assisted search.

What You'll Do

Own projects end-to-end, from idea to launch.
Build a creator search engine indexing 350M+ influencer profiles.
Create an understanding of creators' location, age, and interests at scale.
Create systems to extract audience demographics from raw social data.
Shape the future of AI-assisted search, exploring how LLMs and embeddings can enhance search and recommendations.
Create data products from scratch that directly impact customers.

What We're Looking For

Solid experience as a Backend Engineer handling large-scale APIs.
Strong experience with TypeScript and NodeJS.
Hands-on experience with scraping, collecting, and/or processing data.
Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem (Glue, EMR, DynamoDB, etc.).
You’ve built full features from idea to production: planning & scoping → architecture → coding → release.
Experience in a fast-paced startup with strong ownership.
Care deeply about code quality and system design.
You're based in Europe with at least a few hours overlap with GMT+3.

Nice to Have

Have worked with AI/ML tools or LLMs.
Are curious about the creator economy.

Technical Stack

AWS with Pulumi (IaC)
Typescript and Node.js
Airflow for orchestration
SageMaker, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Kinesis, Lambda, ECS

Team & Environment

You will join a team of 4 data engineers, working alongside 4 backend engineers. This role is part of the broader data organization, consisting of two closely aligned teams: Data Engineering (data platform, pipelines) and Backend Engineering (APIs, infrastructure, product features).