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Backend Software Engineer(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeExperienced
AI/ML

Building core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery, handling billions of requests monthly at a digital experience platform. Experience owning and improving complex production systems required. Stock options, 100% employee health premiums, fertility and family building benefits.

Requirements

  • Strong backend skills, system design, performance, and maintainability knowledge
  • Experience owning, maintaining, and improving complex production systems
  • Experience evolving APIs and data models
  • Product mindset with customer empathy
  • Ability to work in ambiguity and make sound technical tradeoffs
  • Strong teamwork skills, technical reasoning, and openness to diverse opinions
  • Familiarity with TypeScript, GraphQL, and serverless applications
  • Familiarity with declarative systems, data transformation pipelines, and cache-heavy architecture
  • Experience with content platforms, personalization, or similar systems
  • Familiarity with AI tooling and its leverage in daily work

Tasks

  • Design and build core backend systems for dynamic content resolution and delivery
  • Define and evolve APIs, schemas, and versioning strategies
  • Ensure long-term stability for APIs, schemas, and versioning
  • Ensure strategies consistently handle billions of requests monthly
  • Solve complex engineering and Content Modelling problems
  • Work across multiple layers and systems
  • Implement deterministic, cache-aware execution pipelines
  • Ensure strong performance guarantees for pipelines
  • Develop on our platform using AWS, CloudFlare, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
  • Own the system in production
  • Manage system observability, debugging, and operational reliability
  • Collaborate with product managers and engineers
  • Integrate into a high-performance ecosystem

Work Experience

  • approx. 1 - 4 years

Education

  • Vocational certificationOR
  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • serverless applications
  • declarative systems
  • data transformation pipelines
  • cache-heavy architecture
  • AI tooling

Benefits

Competitive Pay

  • Stock options

Healthcare & Fitness

  • Comprehensive healthcare package
  • 100% employee health premiums
  • 85% dependent health costs

Family Support

  • Fertility and family building benefits

Additional Allowances

  • Lifetime reimbursable wallet
  • Annual education budget
  • Annual wellbeing stipend
  • Monthly communication stipend
  • New hire office equipment stipend

Other Benefits

  • Sick days
  • Compassion days

Learning & Development

  • Education days

Purpose-Driven Work

  • Volunteer days

Generous Parental Leave

  • Company paid parental leave

Modern Equipment

  • Phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
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