Senior Backend Engineer - Mobile Apps (Ruby) (m/f/d)

Since the foundation in 2017, MindDoc has developed into Germany's leading provider of video-based psychotherapy.

In addition to video-based psychotherapy, MindDoc also operates a mental health app that has been downloaded onto smartphones by over three million people worldwide.

With our customised offer, we encourage people to take their mental health into their own hands. We make help and support easily accessible. Anytime, anywhere and for everyone.

You can expect a warm and committed team with a start‑up mentality, who together and with great passion will do everything they can to raise awareness of video-based psychotherapy and the digital health application and achieve our company goals.

Join the MindDoc team and make psychotherapy and digital health applications easier and more accessible for more people!

As a Senior Backend Engineer within the apps team at MindDoc, you will join a dynamic and collaborative delivery setting. The Minddoc Mobile team is actively engaged in constructing a platform that has more than 3 million downloads on the app stores spanning many countries/regions. This role presents an exciting chance to contribute to an app that helps people in their lives, where you can leverage cutting‑edge technologies in the development of a technology product with global scalability.

As a Senior Backend Engineer - Mobile Apps (Ruby) (m,f,d) at MindDoc you...

• design, plan, execute, test, and deliver features and monitor their performance on production.
• are writing high quality code, performing code reviews and having technical discussions is your daily work.
• contribute to an engineering culture where developers enjoy working and keep learning.
• monitor and ensure services backend stability.
• have more than 5 years experience as a software engineer.
• have experience in building and releasing software in an agile environment and in working on cross functional teams.
• have a track record as Ruby on Rails developer.
• have advanced knowledge of relational databases and a solid understanding of RESTful systems and their APIs.
• like comfortable work with Git and Pull Requests.
• have also experience in test‑driven development and an appreciation for great user experience that is enabled through a great backend as much as for sustainable and modern tech architecture.
• are great at communicating with people, motivating everyone and getting the whole team on the same page if needed.
• have experience with cloud solutions (GCP, Azure, AWS, or Heroku). OTC is a plus.
• are familiarity with Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code
• are fluent in English, German is a plus.

The most important one: willingness to learn. We are constantly learning new things and we enjoy it a lot. We don't expect to find people experienced in all of them. If you are excited about our tech‑stack and you think you are a fast learner, do not hesitate to apply!

You can expect...

• First and most important for us: A meaningful job. Digitizing mental health and helping thousands of people daily is not easy, but when it works it is incredibly meaningful
• A carefully crafted balance between a digital health startup with flat hierarchies, a self‑dependent way of working, clear‑cut communication, and speed on the one hand and a strong, stable and family‑owned hospital group as our 100% shareholder on the other hand provides a unique combination of innovation and flexibility + a stable and safe job
• 30 days of vacation
• Work remotely, come to the office in Berlin or Munich whenever you want
• Sponsored lunch
• VIP treatment in Schön Klinik's portfolio, pension plan, and child care
• Company bike lease options
• Employee discounts with more than 600 different brands