Senior Backend Developer

SBG Associates; Deutschland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual learning and development budget

Gym access

Bike leasing

Sabbatical options

Regular team events

Job summary

SBG Associates is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Germany to build their internal platform supporting an entire engineering organization. You will create the infrastructure and tooling that enhances product teams' development capabilities.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in backend development, expertise in software architecture, and is fluent in German. The role promises significant technical ownership and fosters a modern engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong software architecture and system design skills.
• Experience building APIs and scalable backend services.
• Ownership mindset from design through production.

Responsibilities

• Build the internal developer platform for engineering teams.
• Create infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience.
• Implement AI-assisted engineering workflows and tooling.

Skills

Backend development

Software architecture

API development

Kubernetes

Fluent German

Tools

PHP

Kotlin

Rust

MongoDB

Grafana

Jenkins

Job description

I'm currently working with a leading cloud software company that is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Platform Engineering team.

You'll be building the internal platform that powers an entire engineering organization, creating the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience that enables product teams to move faster and build better software.

What you'll be working on:

• Internal Developer Platform (DSL, compiler & runtime)
• Platform infrastructure and product services
• CI/CD, observability, and developer tooling
• AI-enabled engineering workflows and tooling
• Systems and services used across multiple product teams

What they're looking for:

• 5+ years of backend development experience
• Strong software architecture and system design skills
• Experience building APIs and scalable backend services
• Ownership mindset from design through production
• Kubernetes knowledge and production environment experience
• Interest in AI-assisted development and engineering productivity
• Nice-to-have: PHP, Kotlin, Rust, MongoDB, Grafana, Jenkins, experience with LLM integration or Agentic workflows.
• Fluent German

What's on offer:

• High-impact engineering role with significant technical ownership
• Opportunity to build technology used across an entire engineering organisation
• Modern engineering culture with a strong focus on quality and autonomy
• Annual learning and development budget
• Gym access, bike leasing, sabbatical options, and regular team events