Full Stack Engineer (f/m/d)
We are a growing SaaS start-up with an international team that brings maritime workforce management into the 21st century! Backed by strong investor support and with more than 10,000 crew changes executed in the platform each year and over 500 vessels globally, we’re passionate about solving overlooked problems in the maritime industry.
Over 90% of global trade depends on ships, and the 2 million mission-critical seafarers who operate them to keep our economy running. At Tilla, we’re dedicated to improving their lives, as well as the processes and colleagues on shore that support them. Our platform eliminates inefficiencies in crew logistics, streamlining collaboration between operators and seafarers. By doing so, we make crew operations more humane, efficient, and cost-effective.
Who We Are
At Tilla, we’re redefining how maritime businesses manage their workforce. Our B2B SaaS platform streamlines crew management, travel, and compliance for shipping companies worldwide. We operate in a data-heavy, performance-critical environment where accuracy, reliability and usability are at the core of what we build. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment, values autonomy, and enjoys working on user-facing products that directly impact customers.Our Tech Stack
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Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, ShadCN
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Backend: NestJS, GraphQL, Prisma, AWS (Lambda, SQS, RDS, ECS)
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State Management: Apollo Client, React Query
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Testing: Jest, Playwright
Your Mission
We’re looking for a Fullstack Engineer (Backend-focus) to shape the technical foundation of our platform, building key business integrations and working with industry-specific APIs, while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability as we grow. You’ll work closely with external-facing teams and senior engineering leadership through tight feedback loops and an iterative process.This is an opportunity to contribute to important initiatives with direct impact on revenue, drive technical decisions, and grow into a backend lead role as the company scales.
Own & Ship Features End-to-End
Drive product initiatives from high-level decisions to implementation, testing, and deployment.
Integrations & APIs
Design, extend, and maintain integrations with third-party systems — including Amadeus APIs and other external providers — ensuring reliability, scalability, and secure data flows. Contribute to key product areas with direct revenue impact.
Backend Architecture, Scalability, Performance & Reliability
Collaborate on defining the technical direction for our backend services, focusing on performance, maintainability, and scalability as we expand to new markets and larger data volumes. Build systems that are resilient, performant, and capable of handling large-scale, real-time data. Optimize for throughput, fault-tolerance, and efficient resource usage.
Data-Heavy Workflows
Design and implement data pipelines, transformations, and APIs that power analytics, dashboards, and customer-facing tools. Consider performance optimizations for large datasets, real-time event streams, and data integrity.
Coordinate Across Teams
Work closely with backend, data, and customer experience teams to define API contracts, manage large data payloads, and ensure optimal data representation and performance. Collaborate to surface insights, support customer needs, and deliver seamless product experiences.
Agile & Feedback Loops
Work in a tight build measure learning cycle, continuously improving based on user feedback, analytics, and usability testing.
Your Profile
✅ Experience with integrations and third-party APIs (Amadeus, Sabre or similar travel/enterprise APIs a plus).
✅ Strong skills in backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, Python), ETL pipelines and databases (SQL).
✅ Comfort with distributed systems, real-time data, and performance optimization.
✅ Startup energy – you thrive in fast-moving environments, take ownership, and enjoy solving ambiguous problems.
✅ Growth mindset – excited about growing into a technical lead role as the company scales.
Why Join Us?
✅ High ownership, high impact – Ship real features that users love.
✅ Fast-moving startup – No bureaucracy, just build.
✅ Work with a stellar team – Engineers, designers, and PMs who care about craft.
✅ Global team, async culture – We work across time zones from Singapore to Argentina with flexible, remote-friendly collaboration. Using tools like Slack, video recordings, and detailed specs, we ensure smooth communication and alignment. Our culture values clear communication, well-documented processes, and regular feedback loops to keep teams moving forward.
We believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success at Tilla. We make hiring decisions based on your experience and skills. Therefore, we welcome applications from all members of society, regardless of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
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