Backend Engineer (m/f/x)

Meyandy LLC; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working hours

Remote work 2 days a week

Loft-style office near Alexanderplatz

Team events

BVg ticket discount

€1080 travel budget/year

Up to 35 days vacation

Company pension plan

Zusammenfassung

Travelcircus is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our development team in Berlin. You will build and extend Platform Services, design scalable APIs, and apply AI-assisted development techniques to everyday tasks.

Collaboration across teams and code reviews are a key part of the role. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience, strong PHP/OOP skills, SQL expertise, and English fluency; German is a plus.

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years of experience building web applications and distributed services.
• Proficient in PHP / OOP and relational databases.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Build and extend Platform Services and Booking Systems.
• Develop a robust API platform for internal and external use.
• Apply AI-assisted development techniques to daily tasks.
• Participate in code reviews and pair programming.

Kenntnisse

Backend engineering

API development

SQL / data modelling

English fluency

Tools

PHP

Elasticsearch

Message queues

Linux/macOS CLI

Jobbeschreibung

Intro

Do you love traveling and are you ready for new challenges in an ambitious, fast-growing and committed company? Then you've come to the right place! Start your career with us as: Backend Engineer (m/f/x)

Your responsibilities

Travelcircus is seeking an experienced (4+ years) Backend Engineer (m/f/x) to join the development team. We're looking for someone who's passionate about building robust & scalable technology platforms, systems and APIs. You'll be an integral part of the engineering team and will work closely with others throughout our company to deliver the best possible product to our customers. Ideal candidates will have experience with PHP, AI supported software engineering, API development and Service-Oriented Architectures.

Things you will work on

• Building and extending our Platform Services and Booking Systems
• Designing, developing, and maintaining a robust transactional API platform, that will be used internally and directly by 3rd parties
• Keeping up with the state-of-the-art of AI assisted development and applying it to everyday tasks
• Participating in code reviews and pair programming
• Improving our existing platform codebase which is used by tens of thousands of users on a daily basis
• Addressing bugs and performance issues

What we offer

• FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS thanks to part-time and flexitime models as well as remote work (2 days a week)
• ATTRACTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT close to Alexanderplatz in a stylish loft office with start-up flair, cooking together, fun & cohesion in a varied working environment and regular team events
• TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION thanks to flat hierarchies, fixed feedback cycles and weekly company and team meetings
• OPTIMAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES thanks to a comprehensive onboarding program and individual induction, continuous on-the-job training, optimal promotion and further development opportunities
• ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION & DISCOUNT on the BVG company ticket (local public transport) and discounts with over 800 other providers
• PERSONAL TRAVEL BUDGET of €1080 per year to spend freely on our entire product portfolio
• WORK LIFE BALANCE with 28 vacation days, increasing per year of service, with up to 35 days of vacation entitlement as well as company health management and a pension plan

Your profile

• Experience in building web applications and distributed web services (4+ years)
• Knowledge of PHP / OOP, relational databases and data modelling
• Good understanding of SQL and the ability to write and debug queries
• Experience with common AI agents like Claude or Codex; Knowledge of current AI tools, best practices, knowing what is hype and what is useful
• Experience with Linux/macOS command line
• Experience using message queues and Elasticsearch is a plus
• Strong visual, verbal and written communication skills, fluency in english, german is a plus
• Experience working in Agile environments

Contact

Our Team Lead People & Operations will be happy to answer any questions you may have:
Ines Krawczyk
Team Travelcircus

About Travelcircus

Over the past few years, Travelcircus has developed into an international company with over 100 highly motivated and committed employees who form the basis of our success.