Senior Software Engineer Backend (all genders) | Berlin, hybrid or remote

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Responsibilities

At Aroundhome we connect homeowners with trusted local partners and you can help us make that experience even better.

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join one of our cross-functional domain teams focused on the partner journey.

In this role you’ll shape how our partners experience Aroundhome from intuitive end-user interfaces to the backend processes and internal tools that empower our Sales team to manage partner relationships and billing efficiently.

You’ll join a distributed people‑first engineering culture that values curiosity, autonomy and continuous learning and where your ideas directly impact both our users and the evolution of our technology and platform.

Play a leading role in designing, building and evolving our web-based applications (that support our business model) with a strong focus on backend
You’ll directly contribute to modernizing our architecture, stay on top of the latest development trends and drive innovation by assessing and implementing new technologies and features. Contribute to and drive the modernization of our architecture, evaluate and implement new technologies and features and help shape our technical direction
Collaborate closely with product managers and your engineering colleagues, taking initiative and driving overall team exchange to deliver features that solve real pain points of our users
Mentor and empower teammates through pair programming, code reviews and knowledge sharing, contributing to a culture of learning and growth
Take ownership of the entire development lifecycle from testing to go‑live. Eliminate potential blind spots by implementing and improving observability best practices and actionable alerting
Care about long‑term stability and maintainability, knowing that development does not end after the release
Champion quality and maintainability through clean, test‑driven code and a mindset of continuous improvement

Skills

You are a very experienced senior‑level engineer with deep knowledge of Go and / or Ruby who stays up to date on new technologies and leverages AI to drive productivity gains
You share a product engineering mindset, easily understand diverse business needs and turn them into valuable features for our users
You have expert knowledge of microservice architectures and experience working in cloud environments within agile cross‑functional teams. However you don’t shy away from migrating our legacy services
You strive for quality and apply clean code principles not only when implementing new features but also when modernizing existing services
You have a strong getting‑things‑done mindset and you always strive to improve, whether it’s the code, the team or yourself, and therefore communicate and collaborate proactively
You are an absolute team player, enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with others and appreciate an open feedback culture

What we offer

Hybrid Work / Stay flexible : Decide freely whether you want to work from our office in Berlin from home throughout Germany or fully remote from Portugal. Additionally we offer you the possibility to work up to 30 days per year from selected EU countries.

Room to grow / Stay curious : In regular / annual feedback meetings you design your own personal development path together with your team. Addition we offer monthly Tech Talks, an annual training budget, free access to LinkedIn Learning and great workshops to gain new insights and specific training for your personal development.

Mental & physical health / Stay healthy & active : We care about your well‑being and support your health with a discounted Urban Sports Club. Addition our cooperation partner Fürstenberg Institute is available to you and your family members with advice and support when it comes to mental health & coaching.

Taking responsibility / We #care : We care for our planet and the people who are living on it. To make our world a little bit better our ESG Team (Environmental Social & Governance) promotes our awareness of environmentally friendly. Addition we work with JobRad, offer discounted BVG tickets and actively support social projects in Berlin at our annual Social Day to give back.

Teamspirit / Stay connected : What drives us is our sense of community. That’s why we celebrate our Company Day once a month in our office at Potsdamer Platz where everyone gets together in addition to a comprehensive update of our C‑Board the primary focus is on togetherness and on exchanging ideas over lunch and dinner.