Senior Backend Developer (f/d/m)

Job description

mobile.de is Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace, with more than 1.6 million listed cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, and e-bikes (annual average 2025). Both private customers and registered vehicle dealers use the platform and benefit from more than 140 million visits per month*. As a “one-stop shop,” mobile.de’s offering includes not only buying and selling, but also financing and leasing solutions. Founded in 1996, the company is a subsidiary of Adevinta, a global leader in online classified portals.

Job description

mobile.de is Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace, with more than 1.6 million listed cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, and e-bikes (annual average 2025). Both private customers and registered vehicle dealers use the platform and benefit from more than 140 million visits per month*. As a “one-stop shop,” mobile.de’s offering includes not only buying and selling, but also financing and leasing solutions. Founded in 1996, the company is a subsidiary of Adevinta, a global leader in online classified portals.

Based in Berlin-Charlottenburg, we offer a dynamic environment where growth, learning, and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. If you are driven by an eagerness to disrupt, have a passion for collaboration, and are excited about shaping the future of mobility, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a professional individual to join our team as a Backend Engineer (d/f/m) for our Dealer Product Team to move our dealer product to the next stage!

We believe in agile, team-defined processes. Together with our Product owner we built outstanding meaningful products.

Are you a self-starter with a passion for backend, a problem solver and have a keen eye for maintainable and testable code? In this case you will love working with us.

Job requirements

• Work together with business to find pragmatic solutions for our customer needs
• Write clean and maintainable code and will participate in code reviews
• Designing and exposing data products as a first-class engineering concern
• Collaborating with ML engineers to integrate intelligent capabilities like pricing recommendations and demand forecasting
• With your team you collaboratively own the entire DevOps lifecycle from specification to running in production and keep an eye on our business numbers as well

Job responsibilities

• Several years of professional experience as a Java developer (Java11+), Spring/ Spring Boot/ Linux
• You speak HTTP and REST like your native language
• Good knowledge of SQL ideally also noSQL databases
• Experience with Apache Kafka (Elasticsearch would be a phenomenal plus)
• You worked in cross-functional teams and know that responsibility does not end with deployment
• Proficient in English. German language skills is a plus

Job benefits

• Rewards: competitive base salary and participation in the company’s incentive programs.
• Plan for the Future: On top of the statutory retirement insurance, we offer a competitive company pension scheme.
• Team-Building: Regular team and company events offer the opportunity to network and learn from each other.
• Learning & Development: Keep growing with access to coaching, learning platforms and resources.
• Mobility: Stay mobile with a monthly transportation allowance.
• Enjoy working: Our well‑equipped office supports focused work and teamwork – plus inviting social zones where colleagues can relax and connect.
• Flexible working: a hybrid approach with the option to work abroad for a set number of days per year.
• Wellbeing: confidential employee assistance and support services available to employees and their immediate families.
• Family support: enhanced parental leave and family-friendly policies to support all parents and careers.

Meaningful Work:

We are a diverse, international, highly skilled and passionate team committed to a world where people share more and waste less. Every day you will have the opportunity to make a huge difference for our users, customers as well as shape the future.

Embracing AI:

We’re at the forefront of integrating cutting‑edge AI technologies into our operations. Being part of mobile.de you will work with and learn about AI tools, contributing to projects that leverage AI to enhance efficiency, improve customer experiences, and drive our mission forward. With an AI‑first mindset, we foster a culture of continuous learning and experimentation, empowering our team to explore and apply AI in meaningful ways for the company and themselves.

Connection and Inclusion:

Our culture is the glue that holds us together. We believe in making meaningful connections and creating an inclusive atmosphere with lots of opportunities to connect both in your day to day work and through social team activities (online and offline).

mobile.de is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.