Backend Engineer

Valencia, Spain | Sept. 3, 2026

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Company: TrustWorks

Country: Spain

Type: Remote

Employment: Contract

Description:

We are an experienced, high-performing, international team focused on building a unique product that might soon have an impact on the evolution of the Internet. We have created an open, friendly and inclusive culture, as well as an environment that encourages our team to discover, collaborate, build (and break) things along the way.

We are building our platform together with experts from leading European scaleups, so don’t be surprised if you meet privacy, security and engineering heroes from some of the most popular internet companies on our Slack channels.

We were born during the pandemic so “remote” is part of who we are, but we also get crazy excited when we meet in our office in sunny ☀️ Valencia. That means you can work from anywhere you want.

For this role you would need an eligibility to work in Spain (no visa support provided).

What will be my challenges? 🚀

• The core challenge for us in building a modern PrivacyOps platform is simple: How do we design, architect, and implement cross-functional workflows with data operations that minimises privacy risk while delivering end-to-end data rights to customers?
• How can we build a cohesive ecosystem of integrations so that Query Layer is there for companies to ensure privacy of customer data anywhere and anytime irregardless of the data stack?
• Write code, which brings together AWS, infrastructure, platform, frameworks and SaaS technologies that form the core of our architecture
• Ship changes to production in your first week and features in your first month.
• Building the infrastructure & tools needed to execute data rights requests and privacy operations across a companies entire data stack
• While we're singularly focused on building a modern PrivacyOps platform, it's inevitable that we'll work on an Open Data Rights standard for the future of the internet.

What skills do I need? 📖

• You are experienced in Python and/or another OO language.
• Knowledgeable in the testing pyramid (Unit Tests, Integration Tests, E2E Tests).
• Minimum experience: +3 years in a similar position or as a full-time freelancer.
• Experience in building integration architectures and connectors to third-party APIs
• AWS experience
• An understanding on microservices architecture and principles
• You can communicate in English and Spanish
• Eligibility to work in Spain.
• Knowledge about code patterns such as factories, decorators, adaptors, etc.

Bonus skills & attributes 🎖

• Knowledge related to Continuous Integration Environments.
• Airflow & FastAPI an advantage but not essential.
• Relevant programming knowledge in other languages.
• Having built a scalable infrastructure from scratch.
• Take pride in working on projects to successful completion involving a wide variety of technologies and systems.
• Genuine enjoyment of technology and a good understanding of Startup culture.
• Knowledge of encrypted data flows and encryption of data at rest.
• Experience in Data Privacy, Security or Governance Projects and Products

Why you should join us 😍

TrustWorks is a European 🇪🇺, venture-backed startup with offices in Ireland 🇮🇪, Brazil 🇧🇷 and Spain 🇪🇸, building an AI driven compliance platform for privacy and AI governance.

Want to become part of our mission? Speak to us today:

• 💶 Competitive base salary
• 🏦 Stock options – you’re part of the company’s growth
• ❤️‍🩹 Top-tier health insurance
• 🌅 Remote Position
• 🚲 Free bike for commuting + on-the-spot maintenance (Valencia & Barcelona only)
• 👥 Referral bonuses for bringing great people with you
• 🤗 An international, inclusive, and fast-paced culture

How to apply 📬

If you are excited about the job and our mission, please send us today your CV/ LinkedIn profile to: joanna@trustworks.io

Please include this role's title in your subject line (it'll help us to sort through the emails).

Our Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

QueryLayer values equality and celebrates diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination.

Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.

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