Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d)
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About the Position
Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d)
Hybrid, Office Garching
Full-time
Permanent employee
Your Mission
As a Senior Backend Developer, you will play a central role in shaping, building, and scaling our SaaS platform. You will design and maintain modern software architectures, create technical concepts, and implement backend services to ensure reliability, security, and a performant system. Working closely with other backend developers, product managers, frontend developers, and DevOps engineers, you will help drive our platform forward while mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to strategic technical decisions.
This full-time position is remote-first, with occasional collaborative sessions at our office near Munich. Ideally, you live in Germany, so it’s easy to meet each other.
In Short
- Min. 5 years experience in SaaS Backend Development
- Knowledge about a scalable Cloud Software architecture
- The stack we use:
- Node.js with TypeScript
- Elixir (big plus)
- AWS Cloud: ECS, RDS, Lambda, …
- Databases: Postgres, Redis
- CI/CD: Docker, Github Actions, Pulumi
- Quality: Tests, Code Reviews, Security Best practices
- Technical lead experience: Mentoring other Devs, Pair Programming
- Good Communicator in English (German is a plus)
- Monitoring & Observability
- Based in Germany with a permanent German working permit
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain modern software architectures
- Create technical concepts and implement backend services
- Ensure reliability, security, and performance of the system
- Collaborate with other backend developers, product managers, frontend developers, and DevOps engineers
- Mentor junior colleagues
- Contribute to strategic technical decisions
Requirements
- Experienced and strategic: At least 5 years of backend development experience, including responsibilities as a technical lead. Strong in architectural planning, system design, and understanding how to build scalable, secure, and maintainable B2B SaaS platforms.
- Backend expert: Proficient in Node.js and TypeScript; Elixir is a big plus. Experience working with relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and Redis.
- Cloud Native: Experienced in AWS including its main services like ECS, RDS, Lambda, and knowing how to design services to run efficiently and securely in the cloud.
- Deployment: Comfortable deploying containerized applications with Docker and understanding reproducible deployments using Infrastructure as Code (we use Pulumi with TypeScript) using a CI/CD pipeline like Github Actions.
- Quality and security: Care about clean, maintainable code and are comfortable writing tests, performing code reviews, and following security best practices. Familiarity with ISO standards (27001 & 9001) and vulnerability management is a plus.
- Reliability & Observability: Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. OpenTelemetry or similar) and understanding the connections and implications between different services.
- Collaborative mentor: Enjoy sharing your knowledge through pair programming and mentoring other Developers. Value teamwork, good communication, and close collaboration with colleagues and product management.
- Communicator: Fluent in English; German is a big plus.
- Based in Germany with a permanent German working permit
We Offer
- A supportive and open working atmosphere built on trust and collaboration
- An international, diverse, and motivated team
- Exciting and challenging projects with direct impact on our product and customers
- Opportunities to take initiative, ownership, and grow professionally
- Attractive compensation and flexible working hours
- Fully remote setup, with occasional team meet-ups at our office in Garching near Munich to strengthen personal connections and collaboration
- Occasional Off-Sites and the opportunity to visit conferences
About the Company
BOX ID is a growing company providing an innovative cloud-based B2B solution that helps customers track their assets and optimize logistics processes. Our flexible platform integrates location data from mobile tracking devices with various data sources, including ERP, MES, and telematics systems. We focus on powerful data automation and sophisticated analytics tools, delivering real value and insights for our diverse customer base.
Learn more about BOX ID Software product here: BOX ID Software
See you soon!
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