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title: 'Senior Backend Engineer at DataSnipper'
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# Senior Backend Engineer at DataSnipper

- **Company:** DataSnipper
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/datasnipper/10cd7e58-2798-4e23-87ae-b672cc9d1760/application

**Skills:** C#, Java, Python, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, System design, Architecture, CI/CD, AI-assisted development tools, Testing methodologies, Identity & Access Management systems, Security and authorization models, Microservices architecture, Docker, Kubernetes

> Design and build scalable, secure IAM platform services and usage/credit management systems. Own architecture decisions, ensure high reliability, and collaborate with stakeholders to enable identity and access flows across the product.

## Job description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team at DataSnipper!

In this role, you'll be responsible for designing and building core platform systems that power authentication, authorization, and access across our entire product. You’ll play a key role in shaping the architecture of our platform and enabling other teams to build on top of it.

## ABOUT DATASNIPPER:

DataSnipper is the driving force behind an intelligent automation platform that’s transforming the world of audit and finance.

Founded in 2017, DataSnipper has skyrocketed and is now OFFICIALLY the fastest-growing software company in the Netherlands according to Deloitte Fast50 and recently achieved Unicorn status in our latest funding round. With over 400.000 users in 125+ countries and a second base in the heart of New York City, DataSnipper is shaking things up. And we’re not stopping there. At DataSnipper, we’re always on the lookout for innovators who think outside of the box. New ideas aren’t just welcomed at DataSnipper–they’re essential.

## WHAT YOU WILL DO:

- Design and build scalable, secure IAM (authentication, authorization, access management) platform services
- Own and drive architecture decisions for backend systems
- Work across teams to enable identity and access flows across the platform
- Ensure high reliability, performance, and security
- Handle ambiguous, high-level problems and turn them into structured solutions
- Collaborate with stakeholders and communicate technical decisions and risks clearly
- Participate in an on-call rotation (second line after tech support)

## WHAT YOU BRING:

- 7+ years of backend development experience (C#, Java, Python, TypeScript, etc.)
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
- Proven track record of building scalable, reliable systems
- Experience with system design and architecture
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple stakeholders
- Bias to action and sense of ownership
- Ability to work independently on complex and ambiguous problems
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools
- Wealth of experience around testing and various methodologies

## PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Experience with Identity & Access Management systems
- Strong understanding of security and authorization models
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Familiarity with container services (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience working in platform teams
- Experience working in startups or scaleups

## WHAT WE OFFER:

- Being part of one of the fastest-growing scale-ups in the Netherlands
- Make an impact by disrupting the audit industry with us
- 28 vacation days on a full-time basis
- Excellent salary
- Pension plan
- Stock participation plan
- Hybrid mode of work (at least 3 days onsite in Amsterdam)
- International working environment
- Daily lunch provided by our in-house chef 🍽️
- Access to OpenUp (mental health platform)
- Friday drinks and team events 🤩

## RECRUITMENT STEPS:

- Recruiter screen
- Hiring Manager interview
- Peer programming session
- System design interview
- Final interviews with Engineering leadership

## About DataSnipper

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: DataSnipper provides an AI‑powered agentic platform that automates repetitive verification and testing workflows directly inside Excel for audit and finance teams.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, valued at $1 billion as of February 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands (with offices in New York and Kuala Lumpur)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Maarten Alblas, Jonas Ruyter, Kai Bakker

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial audit & accounting technology; intelligent automation and AI for enterprise compliance
- **Target customers**: B2B – audit and finance teams at top accounting firms and Fortune 500 companies
- **Mission**: “Disrupt the audit and finance industry” by eliminating manual, repetitive tasks and empowering professionals to focus on high‑judgment work.

## Products & Services
- **DataSnipper Agentic Platform**: An AI‑driven platform that uses agents to run end‑to‑end workflows (e.g., royalty calculations, revenue testing, test of details). Agents handle the repetitive work while reviewers approve outputs.
- **AI Suite**: Analyzes and surfaces insights from unstructured documents using natural‑language queries.
- **Cloud Collaboration Suite**: Real‑time collaboration for distributed teams, integrated directly with Excel.
- **Invoice / Receipt / Contract Extraction**: Automated data extraction from invoices, receipts, and contracts using OCR and AI.
- **WebSnip**: Extracts and validates data from webpages into Excel (text snip, table snip).
- **Excel Agents**: Automates analysis and testing directly inside Excel (announced recently).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $1 billion (unicorn status as of Feb 2024)
- **Total Funding**: €92 million Series B (≈$100 million) raised in Feb 2024
- **Notable Investors**: monashees, Index Ventures (and 3+ investors per Crunchbase)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Trusted by all top 100 accounting firms and Fortune 500 companies they serve.
  - 85% time saved in high‑volume testing scenarios (FGMK case study).
  - 90% faster document reviews (Kushner LaGraize case study).
  - 10 000 data points validated across source documents (Walker & Associates case study).
  - Team of 200+ professionals from 40+ nationalities, with offices in Amsterdam, New York, and Kuala Lumpur.

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep integration with Excel – the tool that audit professionals already use daily.
- “Agentic” platform that closes the verification gap by automating end‑to‑end workflows while keeping humans in the loop.
- SOC 2 compliant, strict vendor management, no training on customer data, and encryption – meeting the highest security standards.
- Strong network effects: already adopted by all top accounting firms and Fortune 500 companies, creating a switching cost.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand the “Agentic Platform” to handle more complex audit and finance workflows (internal audit, tax, financial control, government audit, advisory).
- Continue innovating with AI agents that “do the leg work” so teams can scale without adding headcount.
- Grow the engineering and product teams to accelerate product development.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: EMPWR values – Exceed Customer Expectations, Master Ownership, Power in Partnership, Welcome the Unknown, Results at Speed. Emphasis on collaboration, ownership, and customer‑centricity.
- **Work environment**: Modern offices with waterside views (Amsterdam), healthy lunches, ping‑pong, pool table, cozy fireplace and bar. 50% of employees come by bike; 70% join Friday drinks.
- **Perks**: 28 vacation days (full‑time), competitive salaries, solid pension, stock participation plan. Regular social activities.
- **Growth**: “One of the fastest‑growing scale‑ups in the Netherlands” – opportunities for rapid career advancement and skill development.
- **Diversity**: 40+ nationalities, inclusive and international atmosphere.
- **Sustainability**: Committed to 1% for the Planet and actively works to make a positive environmental impact.
- **Work policy**: Multiple offices; hybrid likely, but not explicitly stated. Open positions span Engineering, Product, Marketing, Customer Success, etc.

## Sources
1. [careers.datasnipper.com](https://careers.datasnipper.com/)
2. [datasnipper.com](https://www.datasnipper.com/)
3. [careers.datasnipper.com/culture](https://careers.datasnipper.com/culture)
4. [crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/datasnipper)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/datasnipper](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/datasnipper.com?urlHash=sVU8)

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