Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Backend Services) (m/f/d)

Named after Asimov's R. Daneel Olivaw, we build the platform layer for service robotics. We manage heterogeneous robot fleets and give robots capabilities they do not have on their own — we call it upskilling. A robot that could not use an elevator now can. Long term, we intend to be the operating system for robot fleets, where new skills install like software.

For an engineer it is a good problem to spend time on: machines moving through the physical world, telemetry at scale, distributed systems in the cloud and on customer hardware, machine learning on top of the data. We enjoy the challenge. If you have a similar mindset and like working on complex problems, you will fit here.

Your Role

This is a full-stack on-site engineering role with a strong back-end focus.

You will take ownership of the services behind our platform — how they are modelled, how they are decomposed, and how they run in the cloud and on customer hardware. This is where most of your time will go.

Over time your work will extend beyond it. Our engineers work across the whole product, and you will too — picking up front-end, infrastructure or data work as your features call for it. You do not need to be an expert there, but solid competence is expected.

Your Ownership

• The design and implementation of our backend services — boundaries, responsibilities, and how they communicate.
• Business-critical services end to end, from modelling the domain through to production.
• On-premise delivery, from architecture and packaging through to the customer's environment.
• Our TypeScript/Go codebase and the standard the rest of the team writes to.

What You Bring

• Senior experience designing backend systems that scaled and evolved over time.
• Hands-on experience building and operating distributed services, and a critical view on when to split them.
• Strength in domain modelling and decomposition, and the ability to defend the boundaries you draw.
• Fluency in Go and TypeScript, Python a plus.
• Solid experience applying architectural patterns and design principles, with a clear position on coupling and separation of concerns.

Nice to have:

fluency in German.

Stack:

TypeScript, React, Go, Python, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud and on-premise deployments.

• Competitive base salary plus VSOP — you own part of what you build.
• A flat engineering team working directly with the CTO.
• Broad ownership and direct influence on product decisions.
• A clear path to technical leadership as the team grows.
• Well‑equipped Munich office, hybrid days by arrangement, regular team events.
• Modern tooling, including AI tooling, and the equipment and subscriptions you need.

Your Application Journey

We assess engineers by seeing them in action. Talking about engineering and doing it are two different things, and we would rather see the second. Expect to write code with us: live coding in one of the technical conversations, possibly a take‑home challenge, and a session on-site in Munich. Bring the machine you normally work on. You are welcome to use AI tooling — we use it ourselves.

Olivaw is an equal‑opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, and assess everyone on their ability to do the work.