<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p><strong><u>Senior Backend Engineer </u></strong></p><p>Location: Bamberg (preferred), Berlin, or Cologne</p><p>Language: German required (C1+)</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm currently working with a leading cloud software company that is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Platform Engineering team.</p><p><br/></p><p>You'll be building the internal platform that powers an entire engineering organization, creating the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience that enables product teams to move faster and build better software.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>What you'll be working on:</strong></p><p><br/></p><ul><li>Internal Developer Platform (DSL, compiler &amp; runtime)</li><li>Platform infrastructure and product services</li><li>CI/CD, observability, and developer tooling</li><li>AI-enabled engineering workflows and tooling</li><li>Systems and services used across multiple product teams</li></ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>What they're looking for:</strong></p><p><br/></p><ul><li>5+ years of backend development experience</li><li>Strong software architecture and system design skills</li><li>Experience building APIs and scalable backend services</li><li>Ownership mindset from design through production</li><li>Kubernetes knowledge and production environment experience</li><li>Interest in AI-assisted development and engineering productivity</li><li><strong>Nice-to-have: </strong>PHP, Kotlin, Rust, MongoDB, Grafana, Jenkins, experience with LLM integration or Agentic workflows.</li><li>Fluent German</li></ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>What’s on offer:</strong></p><p><br/></p><ul><li>High-impact engineering role with significant technical ownership</li><li>Opportunity to build technology used across an entire engineering organisation</li><li>Modern engineering culture with a strong focus on quality and autonomy</li><li>Annual learning and development budget</li><li>Gym access, bike leasing, sabbatical options, and regular team events</li><li>Hybrid working model</li></ul><p><br/></p><p>Feel free to reach out directly for a confidential conversation.</p> </div>