Software Engineer - Backend (Node.js/ Python)

Zagreb / HR

Full-time

Permanent employee

32,180 - 37,180 € per year

About the job

About the job

F24 is Europe’s leading provider of crisis management and emergency notification software, helping thousands of organisations around the world respond quickly and effectively during critical situations.

We’re expanding our Zagreb Engineering Centre of Excellence with a new Suite team, focused on bringing together capabilities from across F24’s existing product portfolio and helping shape the next generation of our platform.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer with a backend focus who has solid commercial development experience and is ready to take the next step in their career within a collaborative, product-led engineering environment.

Why F24?

You’ll join a small engineering team working on a modern platform that brings together capabilities from multiple existing F24 products.You’ll primarily work across Node.js and Python backend services, developing APIs and contributing to the ongoing modernisation of the Suite platform.This is a great opportunity for someone who already has a good foundation in backend engineering but wants to continue developing their technical skills, gain greater ownership and learn from experienced engineers around them.

You

Develop and maintain backend services using Node.js and Python
Build and maintain REST APIs that integrate capabilities across F24 products
Contribute to the design and implementation of new platform features
Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code
Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
Troubleshoot issues and contribute to improvements across existing services
Work closely with Frontend, Product, Design and QA throughout feature delivery
Contribute to automated testing and CI/CD processes
Develop your understanding of scalable, secure and maintainable backend architecture
Take increasing ownership of features from development through to production

What You'll Bring

Commercial software engineering experience with Node.js
Experience with NestJS, Express or Fastify
Experience designing, building or consuming REST APIs
Good understanding of JavaScript and/or TypeScript
Understanding of backend development principles and clean coding practices
Experience working with databases and data-driven applications
Familiarity with Git and modern development workflows
Understanding of automated testing
Good problem-solving and debugging skills
Comfortable collaborating within a cross-functional engineering team
An interest in developing your skills across architecture, cloud-native development and distributed systems

You don’t need to know every technology in our stack. We’re particularly interested in engineers with strong backend fundamentals who are motivated to learn and develop.

Tools & Technologies
Node.js | NestJS | Python | FastAPI | TypeScript | REST APIs | JSON | Git | CI/CD | Cloud-native Development

Nice to have: Express.js, Fastify, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Automated Testing (Unit, Integration & API), AI-assisted development and secure coding practices.

What you'll enjoy

Working with a modern backend technology stack
Joining a new engineering team at an exciting stage of its development
Learning from experienced engineers while taking increasing ownership
Exposure to architectural and technical decision-making
Working closely with Product, Design, QA and Frontend Engineering
Opportunities to develop across Node.js and Python
Clear opportunities to progress towards Senior Engineer as your technical ownership and experience grow

Salary is paying up to €37,180 (Gross) annually

About us

What we do:

F24 is Europe’s leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider for resilience. More than 5,500 customers worldwide rely on F24’s digital solutions, which support companies and organisations through all areas of resilience. Solutions cover business messaging and service notification, emergency and mass notification, incident and crisis management, as well as governance, risk and compliance.

F24 supports customers in virtually every sector ranging from energy, healthcare, industry, finance, IT, tourism and aviation to a wide variety of public organisations. Many years of international experience have made F24 experts in improving resilience with digital solutions.

The company was founded in 2000 in Munich, where F24 AG’s head office is still located. Today, F24 supports companies and organisations in more than one hundred countries, via more than 20 locations in Europe and beyond.

Find out more about working at F24 here.

Good reasons to work at F24:

Have a tangible impact! Work in an agile environment where you make an important contribution to the success of our customers and the future of our company.
Become part of our established company with an inspiring culture, flat hierarchies and our open, honest, innovative and supportive team!
Grow with us: We are a company on the road to success, experiencing steady international growth. You have the opportunity to help shape our development.
Take advantage of our flexible working model: We rely on a combination of presence in our offices and work from home. This way we strengthen our team spirit and at the same time gives you the opportunity to achieve the best possible balance between private and professional life.