ABOUT THE ROLE:
We're not looking for "just another engineer." We're looking for someone who thrives in the gray zone between chaos and creation. At Talon.One, you'll help us move at high speed through prototypes, experiments, and wild ideas—most of which won't survive, but the few that do could shape the future of our product.
This isn't about polished, production-grade code. It's about speed, creativity, and an appetite for risk. You'll work directly with our CPO, CEO, and other product leaders to translate brainwaves into working demos, test them with customers, and uncover the gems worth scaling.
You're primarily a backend engineer who can move across the stack when needed. Our core product is built in Go, and you'll be working with it regularly—so openness to learning and working with Go is essential.
If you love building things that might get thrown away tomorrow but could inspire the next big thing—this is your playground.
ONCE YOU ARE HERE YOU WILL:
- Rapidly build prototypes and MVPs across the stack to test product ideas.
- Work closely with stakeholders to turn napkin sketches into demos that feel real.
- Build functional frontends when needed to showcase your backend work (polish not required).
- Iterate fast—scrap what fails, double down on what works.
- Use modern AI tools (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to accelerate development and ideation.
- Collaborate with internal teams and customers to validate assumptions.
- Learn and work with Go as you integrate with our existing systems.
- Inject creativity, challenge conventions, and embrace "crazy ideas" as part of the process.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO BRING TO THE TABLE:
- Strong backend engineering experience - API design, server-side architecture, data handling.
- Frontend capability with React, Next.js, or similar (functional is enough—this isn't your primary focus).
- Openness and enthusiasm for learning Go - our core product runs on it, and you'll be working with it regularly.
- Ability to move across the stack with pragmatism and speed.
- Curiosity and openness to experimentation—even failure excites you.
- Strong communication skills, and the ability to switch contexts quickly.
- Collaborative mindset—comfortable working directly with executives and bouncing ideas around.
- Bonus points for:
- Current Go experience - many of our systems run on it.
- Background in startups, innovation labs, or fast-moving prototyping teams.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (Gemini, Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT).
- Experience with API integrations and third-party platforms.
- Work at the edge of experimentation—your job is literally to explore the unknown
- A Research and Development Department of 90+ of engineers, product managers and product designers in Berlin
- Leaders with 8+ years of experience building our promotions engine
- €1,000 annual learning budget, full LinkedIn Learning access, and free German language courses to boost your skills
- 30 days of annual leave, plus extra paid days for your birthday and moving day
- Home office setup budget, a monthly home office allowance
- Freedom to work from abroad for up to 90 days worldwide!
- Mental health support with nilo.health and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership
- 20% company subsidy on your pension contributions
- Subsidised BVG public transport ticket and a dog-friendly Berlin office where your furry friend is welcome
- Lease your ideal bike through BusinessBike
WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR US:
- The right attitude: modern methods and a diverse, creative workspace with an open and international culture
- Everyone for the product: Together we create a flexible, highly scalable product with state-of-the-art technologies. We can only succeed if everyone works as a team
- Healthy Growth: Growing our company means growing everyone in the team. We love to share knowledge and learn
- A great environment: Flexible and family-friendly environment, bright and easily accessible offices, modern software and hardware
- High flexibility degree: Prefer to work early or late at night? Do you have to pick up your children from kindergarten? Do you prefer working abroad? We believe in results and motivated employees
Do you want this job?
We’d love to hear from you! Apply directly via the form below.
Talon.One is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. We do not make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by company policy. As an employer we strive for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibit harassment of any kind.
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What We Do
Talon.One is building the world’s most sophisticated, API-based Promotion Engine. That means we provide the entire backend and user interface our clients need to build loyalty programs, generate coupons, track referrals, create bundles, and really any other promotion solution they can imagine — all using our rule-based engine.
We believe that rewarding customers and creating incentives are an essential part of building meaningful relationships and we want to make rich, scalable promotion tools available to marketers in companies of all sizes.
From our HQ in Berlin, to our offices in Boston, Birmingham and Singapore, Talon.One is made up of over 96 people from over 40 nationalities. Despite our different origins and our spread across the globe, we all have a few things in common — we love creative problem solving, we value independent thought and we want to give developers and marketers the tools they need to create promotions from scratch in a simpler, more intuitive way.
Why Work With Us
Talon.One is the first all-in-one Promotion Engine, and our technology is now the gold standard for promotion micro services. We’re strong advocates of flexibility in our product and the same is true in our working lives. We don’t believe that your job has to be the most important thing in your life. Everyone has unique reasons to feel inspired by
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