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Lead Backend Engineer - Assistance(m/w/x)

Berlin, Wien
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML

Managing technical roadmaps and minimizing debt for high-performance web applications at a digital banking platform. Expertise in distributed systems, DDD, and Hexagonal architecture required. Personal development and work-from-home budgets provided.

Requirements

  • Firm grasp of OOP, distributed systems principles, DDD, Hexagonal, Event-Driven, Microservices
  • Strong track record using engineering best practices, Clean Code, TDD/BDD, deep observability
  • Proven experience using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Gemini Code, GitHub Copilot)
  • 5+ years experience building distributed systems in Java or Kotlin and Springboot/Spring AI
  • Solid experience designing, implementing robust REST APIs
  • Professional experience with PostgreSQL (performance, scalability), DevOps mindset, CI/CD pipelines
  • Advantageous: AWS and/or Kubernetes experience
  • Significant plus: Knowledge of Python or Generative AI frameworks (Langchain, RAG pipelines)
  • Can-do attitude, focus on product understanding, continuous improvement, successful delivery
  • Effective leadership, guiding mid/senior engineers, unblocking, mentoring
  • Strong collaborative spirit, commitment to knowledge sharing, mutual growth
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong ownership, independence, ability to establish structures/processes

Tasks

  • Work with PM and EM to manage product technical roadmaps
  • Manage dependencies to minimize technical debt
  • Design high-availability web applications
  • Develop high-performance web applications
  • Maintain internal web applications
  • Drive a build-it-ship-it attitude
  • Demonstrate healthy engineering practices
  • Write clean, well-tested code
  • Refactor code with the team
  • Ship code into production frequently
  • Implement new features
  • Integrate foundational models
  • Integrate automation systems
  • Optimize distributed systems
  • Measure distributed systems
  • Monitor distributed systems
  • Role model engineering excellence
  • Conduct code reviews
  • Create technical documentation
  • Share knowledge within the team
  • Cultivate learning within the team
  • Lead initiatives to improve engineering culture
  • Discover ways to multiply team effectiveness
  • Discover ways to multiply organizational effectiveness
  • Participate in recruitment projects
  • Participate in employer brand projects

Work Experience

  • 5 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • Claude Code
  • Gemini Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • Springboot
  • Spring AI
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Python
  • Langchain

Benefits

Additional Allowances

  • Competitive personal development budget
  • Work-from-home budget
  • Subscriptions for friends and family
  • Relocation package

Corporate Discounts

  • Fitness discounts
  • Wellness discounts
  • Language app discounts

Public Transport Subsidies

  • Public transportation discounts

Other Benefits

  • Free N26 Premium subscription

More Vacation Days

  • Additional annual leave

Purpose-Driven Work

  • High autonomy

Modern Equipment

  • Access to cutting-edge technologies
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