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Backend engineer in distributed systems

In short

Senior backend engineer role at a well-funded Berlin scale-up, building and scaling distributed backend systems handling real-time data for millions of users. Work is in cross-functional teams with full ownership from idea to production, including A/B experiments, reliability and mentoring. Requires 6+ years of software engineering experience with recent hands-on Java (Kotlin also fine) and experience running scalable production services; English only, no German needed.

О компании
One of Berlin's best-known scale-ups: profitable, well funded, and still growing fast. Its product is used by millions of people around the world, and the business is now investing heavily in engineering, with a large number of senior hires planned across several new and growing teams. You'll join cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists. Engineers here aren't handed tickets. They own what they build from the first idea to production, and they have a real say in what gets built next.
Задачи
•Building and scaling distributed backend systems that handle real-time data for millions of users
•Designing, launching and learning from A/B experiments alongside product and data teams
•Owning features end to end: shaping requirements with stakeholders, building, shipping and measuring the impact
•Improving reliability, observability and code quality as the platform grows
•Mentoring other engineers and helping hire the next wave of the team
•Using AI tools in your day-to-day work, and helping shape how the team adopts them
Требования
•6+ years of software engineering experience, with recent hands-on Java (Kotlin is great too)
•Experience designing and running scalable, reliable services in production
•A habit of connecting your work to measurable outcomes for customers and the business
•Strong testing habits and a focus on maintainable code
•Clear communication in English (no German needed)
Будет плюсом
•A/B testing and event-based analytics
•E-commerce, consumer product or marketplace experience
•Frontend exposure (Vue, React or TypeScript)
•Start-up or scale-up experience
Условия
•Base salary up to €120k+, plus virtual share options
•Company pension, a €1,000 yearly learning budget and a mentorship programme
•Hybrid working: three days a week in a central Berlin office, plus 30 days a year working from anywhere
•Full relocation support, including visa sponsorship

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