(Senior) Backend Engineer
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Our engineering teams architect, develop, and test our products. As a Backend Engineer, your mission is to build scalable and fast backend software for our platform which serves millions of views monthly. Not only limited to the backend, crossing the protocol boundary you can implement functionality from the browser to the database.
At InterNations you will contribute to connecting global minds and making expat life a great experience.
As a member of an international, cross-functional Product Experience Team (PXT), you will architect, implement, and test new functionality and maintain existing functionality using web technologies.
Our PXTs organize themselves using Agile methodologies and you will work closely with your Product Manager and your team on the feasibility of concepts and upcoming changes. You will write automated tests at the unit, integration, and acceptance levels to assure quality and longevity of our products and a sustainable pace for future changes.
As part of the greater engineering organization, you will lead and take part in cross-team initiatives: architectural changes, refactoring, and establishment of best practices.
What we are looking for:
- Relevant experience in a language like PHP, Python, TypeScript, or Ruby is needed, as we are working with PHP and TypeScript
- Experience with a modern web framework like Symfony, Laravel, Next.js, or Django
- Experience with automated testing, whether it’s unit, functional and/or acceptance testing
- A strong interest in working with big datasets in relational databases, search indexes, or key-value stores
- Someone with strong communication skills, and is a self-motivator (especially as we work in a fully remote setting)
- Someone with experience working collaboratively with multiple teams in various disciplines
- Bettering our skills, teaching each other and learning ways to build better software
- User testing, experimentation, automated testing and continuous integration to gain meaningful feedback for what we do
- Fostering collaboration and cooperativeness
Where we work: Although we’re based in Munich, Germany, most of our staff works across Germany. For this position we are looking for people based in Germany or Spain, who already have the right to work in the respective country.
Sound interesting? Then send us your CV today!
About us
With over 6 million members in 420 cities worldwide, InterNations is the largest global community for people who live and work abroad. InterNations offers global and local networking and socializing, both online and face-to-face. At around 4,000 events and activities per month, expatriates can meet other global minds and pursue their interests. Members can also find and exchange tips and information on life abroad through discussion forums and helpful articles based on personal expat experiences. Membership is by approval only to ensure quality and trust in our community. InterNations is part of New Work SE, a group of brands that offer products and services for a better working life.
You can find more information about InterNations on our about pages.
Benefits of working at InterNations:
- a growing, dynamic company with an international team
- work in a fully remote setting
- support with your visa application
- we’re a Financial Climate Contributor with Climate Partner
- a friendly atmosphere and the space to pursue your ideas
- 30 paid vacation days + special paid leave
- the option to take a sabbatical after 3 years with InterNations
- part-time work contracts possible
- Albatross Membership for team members and their partners
- XING Premium membership
- regular team bonding events to connect teamies wherever they are
- regular workshops, training sessions, cross-departmental projects & exchanges
At InterNations, you’ll be working in a friendly atmosphere geared toward bringing out your creativity and independence. With our flat organizational structure, you’ll have lots of room to pursue your own ideas. If you’re a working parent, you’ll find the flexibility you need to support your work–life balance.
And as we value building strong connections between our team members, especially in a remote setting, you can look forward to language tandems, department exchanges, and regular team-bonding activities.
At InterNations, you’ll be working in a friendly atmosphere geared toward bringing out your creativity and independence. With our flat organizational structure, you’ll have lots of room to pursue your own ideas. If you’re a working parent, you’ll find the flexibility you need to support your work-life balance. All team members can work remotely anywhere in Europe, or from our Munich office. And as we value building strong connections between our team members, especially in a remote setting, you can look forward to coffee lotteries, language tandems, department exchanges, and regular team-bonding activities.