Senior Backend Engineer

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Berlin, DEU
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology
We provide an internal communications platform to unite companies and their employees behind a common purpose.
The Role
Design, implement, and improve web clients, native apps, and RESTful backend services. Work in cross-functional Scrum teams producing tested, high-quality code, participate in code reviews, own features and quality, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and automate testing and delivery.
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About Staffbase

We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels - intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.

Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 750+ employees supports 2,000+ customers—reaching over 16.4 million employees—in transforming their employee experience.
We are proud to be a Unicorn company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication.

We're on the lookout for Senior Backend Engineers to join our Staffbase team and help us build an awesome internal communications platform. We are looking for empathetic and motivated team players who are motivated by growth and ownership.

As part of our tech stack, we are using: React.js, Javascript, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Kotlin, Go, Java, MongoDB, Terraform, Docker and Playwright, to name a few.

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

  • Responsible for improving and developing both our web-based clients, native apps, and our RESTful web services
  • Work in a cross-functional scrum team and produce high-quality and tested code
  • 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 are essential
  • Take ownership for topics ranging from the features you produce to the quality of our work to the environment we work in
  • You work iteratively, frequently pushing code, ensuring a good CI/CD pipeline, and automating where possible

What you need to be successful

  • 5+ years experience as a Backend Engineer working with Go and preferably Java/Kotlin
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Passion for the things you build and want to make a difference
  • 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
  • You are a self-starter who can work independently and as part of a team
  • Understanding and appreciative diversity and inclusivity in the workplace

What you'll get 

  • Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based 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
  • Recharge - with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August
  • Support - we offer offering a company pension scheme
  • Volunteers Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project

Skills Required

  • 5+ years experience as a Backend Engineer working with Go
  • Experience building and maintaining RESTful web services
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and test tooling
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively
  • Good English communication skills
  • Self-starter who can work independently and as part of a team
  • Passion for building products, valuing quality and clean code
  • Experience with Java or Kotlin
  • Experience working in an agile/scrum environment
  • Familiarity with technologies in our stack (React.js, Javascript, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, MongoDB, Terraform, Docker, Playwright)
  • Understanding and appreciation of diversity and inclusivity in the workplace
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The Company
HQ: Chemnitz
315 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Company communicators want a single place where they can reach and engage all employees across every channel. Employees want a simple and user friendly way to connect with their company no matter if they are desk, frontline, remote or distributed workers. We connect companies with their employees through a branded app, desktop browser, email, or chat, with the goal of establishing community and shared purpose at work.

Why Work With Us

We are quickly taking over the Internal Communications industries and have been named the 2021 Global Employee App Choice by ClearBox Consulting. We have a very collaborative international culture that loves to grow together as much as we love to win together! Join our team during these exciting times of a recent merger and our series D!

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