Senior Back End Developer

Senior Backend Engineer – Portugal (Full-Time)

Remote / Portugal | Time zone : Portugal and Located in Portugal | Full-time

At Luca, we’re building the next generation of learning tools for Latin America. We create AI-powered educational products that blend smart design, engaging content, and beautiful technology—used by thousands of students, parents, and schools across the region.

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong experience in TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern cloud-native architecture. If you care about clean systems design, scalability, and want to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI tools like OpenAI Agent SDK—this role is for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll work cross-functionally with :

• Frontend developers to deliver seamless API and data integrations
• AI engineers to build autonomous agents and prompt-driven logic
• Infrastructure teams to scale event-driven systems on GCP
• Product leads to implement resilient and modular backend services
• DevOps and QA to maintain reliability and traceability across environments

Your Responsibilities

Backend & API Engineering

Data & Storage

Cloud Infrastructure (GCP)

AI Integration with OpenAI

What We’re Looking For

Expertise in :

What We Offer

About Luca

Founded in Portugal, Luca is the fastest-growing edtech company in Mexico — and one of the top early-stage startups in Latin America.

We’re building the AI-native education company of the future : combining great content, intuitive software, and the power of AI to reshape how students learn.

Already serving over 20,000 students in under 18 months, we've earned recognition from global leaders in edtech :

GSV Cup – Top 3 Global EdTech Startups

HolonIQ – Top 100 LatAm EdTechs

If you want to build meaningful, high-impact technology with a world-class team — join us.