Description:

As a Senior or Staff Backend Engineer (m/f/d), you will focus on backend strategy and design, driving near real-time processing and proposing key architectural changes.
You will be responsible for developing features, APIs, and optimizing databases.
Your role includes tackling infrastructure challenges and working across cloud and edge environments to enhance performance.
You will lead the development of new features, ensuring smooth integration with customer applications and services.
You will oversee the deployment of solutions in both cloud and edge environments, providing the blueprint for hardware setup, debugging, and ensuring the system functions effectively.
You will ensure data quality and maintain operational pipelines, responding to issues related to data consistency and extraction in collaboration with other teams.
You will draft and implement the backend strategy, focusing on real-time processing and optimizing architectural design, databases, and interfaces.
You will take ownership of database consistency and quality, perform first-step analysis on customer data issues, and delegate problems to relevant team members as needed.

Requirements:

You must have 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer building web applications from scratch.
You should have experience developing Python-based backend applications, specifically with Django.
You need experience with orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.
You must have experience designing, implementing, and interacting with REST APIs.
You should have experience with SQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.
You need experience with relational and analytical/time series databases like Postgres, AWS Redshift, and Clickhouse.
You should have experience in a cloud-based application environment, preferably AWS.
Fluency in English is required; German is not necessary.

You will receive a competitive salary and stock options.
There is an option to work in a brand new office situated on the AI Campus in Berlin, collaborating with other exciting AI ventures.
You will be at the forefront of defining what artificial intelligence means in manufacturing.
You will gain hands-on experience in working in an AI-first software company.
The company promotes a supportive and inclusive culture that values diversity and the advancement of underrepresented groups.
You will collaborate with a diverse team of more than 10 nationalities, working on cutting-edge projects with real-world impact.
You will have the opportunity to network with professionals and leaders in the field, opening doors to potential future career opportunities.
The company offers a very flat hierarchy, open 360° feedback, and flexible working hours.
The organization is committed to developing ethical AI software.