Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d)

About Simpleshow simpleshow started in 2008 as a media agency and has become the international market leader for the professional development of explainer videos. Using sophisticated storytelling methodology, the explanatory experts at simpleshow help make the increasingly complicated world understandable for everyone. For the last 5 years, we have taken things one step further. Our young team of developers have created the web application simpleshow.com, which allows users to create and customise an explanatory video, almost fully automatically, based on a text script. The tool is used worldwide by companies and private users to create videos. In order to relieve the user of as much work as possible when creating videos, we regularly implement new AI services from AWS or use our own developments, which are designed and developed together with a Berliner partner company. Usability and user acceptance studies are regularly conducted and a modern design concept is employed to ensure a user-friendly experience. About The Role And Your Tasks We are looking for a motivated Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d) to join us. As part of this amazing team, you will contribute to the advancement of the simpleshow video maker through your ideas and knowledge. If you are curious, adaptable, and genuinely passionate about your job, we would love to get to know you! You will join a relaxed and fun team that enjoys coding outside of the office and often meets for drinks after work. Working for the dev team of simpleshow video maker offers a great deal of freedom, allowing you to arrange your working hours to suit your needs and work remotely when necessary. 👉 Please note: While we offer a hybrid work setup, we expect team members to be present at our Berlin office up to three days per week for collaboration and team exchange. Technologically, we are always at the forefront, ensuring that our software remains future-proof and constantly expanding our individual know-how. ✅ Design and develop new features for simpleshow.com with your team ✅ Build a long-term, scalable system in an agile environment ✅ Collaborate with Product Owner & QA to develop next-generation packages ✅ Help shape our roadmap with your knowledge and ideas ✅ Drive technical improvements on architectural & structural levels ✅ Take initiative for new ideas and projects ✅ Act as a role model and mentor, sharing your backend expertise with the team This is your skillset ✔️ 4+ years of experience building scalable backend applications ✔️ Hands-on experience with AWS or other public clouds (deployment & configuration) ✔️ Excellent Java (Java 11+) and Spring / Spring Boot (incl. Hibernate) skills ✔️ Experience with MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis ✔️ Excellent English communication skills ✔️ Strong in architecture and design decisions (patterns, availability, scaling) ✔️ Value clean, maintainable, extensible code and structured architecture ✔️ High standards in code quality, reviews, testing, CI/CD processes ✔️ Previous mentoring experience in backend technologies ✔️ Familiar with agile work (Scrum) 📌 Our Tech-Stack 👉 Backend: [Stackshare Backend] 👉 Frontend: [Stackshare Frontend] Our benefits for you We offer more than just “benefits”. With us, you’ll work on a highly innovative SaaS product that will inspire you — while having the freedom to be yourself and truly make a difference. In our trust-based, respectful work environment, you’ll have plenty of room for creativity and growth. And Here’s What’s Waiting For You 💶 Fair & competitive salary you can count on. 🔒 Company pension plan to invest in your future. 🚴‍♀️ Urban Sports Club membership & JobRad for a healthy balance (plus your company laptop, of course!). 💬 Open feedback culture & structured feedback system 🎉 Regular team events! We celebrate our successes together! 🌴 Sabbatical options: taking a break is part of our culture. If you’re looking for an exciting challenge in a growing company and want to celebrate success together, we look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, faith, ethnic origin, age, or sexual orientation. We are always looking for new talent to join our team. Apply today!