Staff Software Engineer - Analytics

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of our products and driving the development of scalable and robust backend/data systems. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years in technical leadership, solid understanding of system architecture, be an expert in backend design, and solid hands‑on experience in data engineering and DevOps.

The building blocks of our team/company backend stack are: Kotlin, Go, Python, MongoDB, Kafka, Kubernetes, ClickHouse, and Dagster. If you do not know/do not have experience with some of these - we would still love to receive your application.

Our environment

• Working with skilled and similar-minded professionals in a team that values diversity and inclusivity
• We aim to create a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well‑being and work‑life balance of our employees
• We believe that team events during working hours play a vital role in building an exceptionally effective team, and we encourage them
• We are enthusiastic about technology and committed to using it to improve the world
• We follow the "You build it, you run it" approach and take pride in it

What you’ll be doing

• Develop technical strategy in collaboration with a Product, Engineering and Design Lead
• Communicate your decisions to various stakeholders and advocate for solutions, when needed
• Guide architectural discussions and contribute to the overall technical strategy of the team
• Lead by example: Take ownership of the topics you care about, ranging from the features you produce over the quality of our work to the environment we work in
• Responsible for improving and developing our RESTful web services and Data Platform
• Give and receive valuable feedback in our code review process and continuously learn and share knowledge with your peers
• Being open to feedback and taking ownership of your work is essential
• You work iteratively, frequently pushing code, maintaining an efficient CI/CD pipeline, and automating where possible

What you need to be successful

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Passion about the things you build and want to make a difference
• You strive for knowledge-sharing and moving your team forward
• Software Development experience in Kotlin or Java and Python
• Ideally, you have worked with MongoDB, Terraform, Docker before and have an understanding of Data Orchestration, REST and Microservices
• Preferably, you have worked in an agile environment before
• You value quality as well as clean code and learning new things
• Good English communication skills
• Understanding and appreciative of diversity and inclusivity in the workplace

What you'll get

• Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including an Long-Term Incentive Plan
• Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560
• Growth Budget - all employees get a yearly budget for external training of €1000, and one day off for growth per year (increase to two days in 2nd year)
• Recharge - with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August
• Wellbeing - Monthly Wellbeing Allowance €35, from fitness to mental health, hobbies to relaxation
• Support - we’re offering a company pension scheme
• Sports & Health - join our sport courses in the offices. The offices are equipped with fruits, drinks and snacks
• Team Building - Regular team and office events including the yearly Staffbase Camp
• Volunteers Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project
• Employee Referral Program - one of your friends is a fit to one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid