(Senior) Product Engineer (Backend) (m/f/d)

Requirements

• Professional experience in backend software engineering, with openness to candidates ranging from a few years of experience to senior-level engineers.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kotlin or Java and a web framework such as Micronaut or Spring.
• Experience developing SaaS products, ideally in an Agile or cross-functional product environment.
• Strong backend engineering fundamentals combined with an interest in contributing outside the backend stack when a product feature requires it.
• Familiarity with AI-powered coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools, or a strong willingness to adopt them.
• A product-minded approach, with the ability to understand user problems, evaluate potential solutions, and take ownership through delivery and rollout.
• Strong curiosity, adaptability, communication skills, and engineering judgment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with product managers, designers, and engineers across multiple technical disciplines.
• Experience working directly from design mockups or prototypes is a plus.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and experimentation tools or practices, such as A/B testing, Grafana, or Mixpanel, is advantageous.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm is a plus.
• Practical experience with PostgreSQL is beneficial.
• Familiarity with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka is advantageous.

Benefits

• Remote-first working model with the flexibility to work from home.
• Option to work remotely from within the European Union.
• Occasional team events, workshops, and meetings at offices in Berlin or Stuttgart, planned with advance notice.
• Flexible work-life balance and support for an active lifestyle through an E-Gym-Wellpass membership.
• Job bike leasing.
• Regular team events and culture days designed to strengthen collaboration and team connection.
• Relaxed and collaborative working environment with highly motivated colleagues.
• Opportunity to play an active role in shaping a rapidly growing technology company.
• Support and development opportunities to deepen technical expertise while expanding product and AI engineering capabilities.
• Inclusive workplace welcoming people regardless of gender, age, sexual identity, background, religion, worldview, or disability.

How Jobgether Works

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

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