Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Wrike operates in the work management SaaS category, where reliability and extensibility are central to the product experience across a wide range of customer sizes. This backend talent pool stands out because it signals ongoing investment in platform evolution, including a stated shift toward microservices and an engineering model where product teams and enabling technical teams share responsibility for delivery and developer experience.
For a SaaS backend engineer, the long-term career value is exposure to the mechanics that keep subscription products stable while they change: iterative releases, API design, data stores tuned for performance, and the operational discipline behind frequent deployments. The emphasis on internal tooling, CI/CD, and daily engineering hygiene maps well to common SaaS challenges, and the stack listed reflects broadly transferable patterns across modern B2B applications.
This listing best suits senior to staff-level engineers who prefer collaborative, cross-functional delivery and who enjoy balancing feature work with technical improvement. It also fits professionals open to relationship-first hiring, where timing depends on upcoming team needs rather than a single immediate vacancy.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
More about Wrike Team
At Wrike, everyone’s voice matters - our Scrum teams (with FE, BE, QA, UI, UX, and a PO) are at the heart of decision-making. Backend engineers in product teams handle both business logic and technical challenges, while technical teams ensure smooth internal tooling, CI/CD, and a great developer experience. We invest in our architecture, deploy daily with hardly any merge conflicts, and encourage backend engineers to change things up, work on technical improvements, and help shape product plans by sharing ideas with POs. As we move toward a microservice architecture, product teams enjoy more ownership and flexibility, with support from the technical teams. Our goal is to make clients’ lives easier by building simple, powerful solutions that work for everyone - from startups to large enterprises.
Are you a passionate Backend Engineer? This isn’t a typical job posting - it’s an invitation to connect with Wrike for future possibilities. By joining our talent pool, you can introduce yourself and learn more about our culture, projects, and technology. We’re always eager to meet talented professionals, even if we don’t have an open position right now. Apply today if you’d like to start a conversation and discover more about life at Wrike.
What We’re Working On:
- Designing, building, and improving product features from the ground up or enhancing existing ones
- Tackling complex challenges together and refining solutions as a team
- Ensuring high technical quality through code reviews, testing, and task estimation
- Embracing fast, iterative development and following best practices
- Using AI tools daily to automate tasks and boost productivity
- Continuously learning and supporting each other’s growth
Our Stack:
- Java (21), Spring, REST APIs, SQL
- PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ
- Unit/integration testing, Java web stack
- AI tools (Cursor, Zencoder, etc; internal AI portal; internal MCP)
Why Join Wrike?
- 5 Weeks of paid vacation
- Sick Leave Compensation
- 5 Paid Uncertified Sick Days
- 2 weeks fully paid w/ medical certificate, additional
- 4 weeks paid at 80% salary rate
- Parental Leave (fully paid): 18 Weeks Maternity / 4 Week Paternity
- 2 Volunteer Days
- Meal Vouchers (CZK 220 per working day)
- Annual Prague Travel Card (Lítačka)
- Hybrid Working Model
- Benefit budget with flexible options, including a MultiSport card, Canadian Medical membership, contributions to a pension savings plan and additional choices available through Benefit Plus
Interested in joining Wrike when the right opportunity opens up? Apply to our Senior Backend Engineer Talent Pool today. We’ll reach out as soon as a suitable role becomes available, or simply to arrange a Meet & Greet call.
Your recruitment buddy will be Alexandra Vorobyova, Lead Recruiter.
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