Backend Software Engineer (m/f/d), Rust – AI-first E-commerce Tech

Since 2018, we’ve become one of Google’s largest CSS Premium Partners, powering Shopping ads for 1,000+ customers across 20,000+ Merchant Centres in Europe. Fully self-funded, profitable and still expanding, we’re a strong and supportive team with a stable foundation.

Now we’re looking for a new colleague who wants to be part of it for the long run: an engineer who gets a goal rather than a ticket, builds with AI as a natural part of the job, and takes ownership from idea to production.

Why adstrong 100% remote: work from anywhere in the EU, with flexible hours and no weekend or night work. No process chaos: documentation and procedures are well-structured and digital. No politics: we encourage proactive decisions and make ours within 24 hours.

Stable and growing: a fully self-funded, fast-growing company with no external investors. Small, skilled team: a hands-on tech team of around 6 people. Great working culture: supportive colleagues who help each other and share knowledge openly.

AI-first: coding agents are how we build, and your judgement is what matters. Attractive compensation: plus all the equipment you need. Missing anything? Mention it in your application, and we’ll see if we can make it happen.

What you will do Build AI-first: plan with AI, drive coding agents and review their output with a critical eye. Get a goal, not a ticket: work directly with colleagues on the business side to gather requirements, align on the solution and build it into working software.

Make sound architecture and data-model decisions , keeping our systems fast and reliable as we scale. Take ownership of existing applications and build new solutions for our affiliate business.

Design and develop event-driven backend systems that handle large volumes of product and campaign data, mostly in Rust and partly in Python. Own your topics end to end and keep the team and stakeholders in the loop along the way. What you bring Experience contributing to a strong engineering culture , e. g. t