SENIOR BACKEND DEVELOPER (f/m)

IT-Layer.com; Berlin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

IT-Layer.com, a Berlin-based EdTech startup, is seeking a Senior BackEnd-Developer to help scale its adaptive learning platform for math education. The role requires expertise in high-traffic web applications, microservices, and AWS operations.

You will join a self-organized team that values fast learning and improvement, contributing to impactful projects that enhance the learning experience for students worldwide.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience with high-traffic web applications.
• Experience with microservice architectures is a big plus.
• DevOps mindset with AWS and Docker experience.
• Thorough understanding of design principles.
• Willingness to think and code full-stack.
• Strong passion for software craftsmanship.

Skills

Microservice architectures

AWS operations

Docker

Scalable database systems (NoSQL)

Full-stack thinking and coding

Software craftsmanship (TDD, ATDD, BDD)

Job description

Are you tired of building trivial frontends? Looking for the challenge to build a complex, highly interactive user-interface with HTML5/JS? Are you fed up with ecommerce? Want to build something purposeful that has a positive impact on children’s life?

We are a Berlin based EdTech startup which was founded in 2008. Our goal is to improve math learning and teaching in schools worldwide. We offer an adaptive learning platform for highly interactive math books which enable students to learn from their mistakes. Students solve millions of exercises each week with and in doing so experience hundreds of thousands of aha! effects.

Qualifications

We are looking for a Senior BackEnd-Developer who will help us to scale our platform.

You should have:

• several years of experience with the architecture of complex high-traffic web-applications, practical experience with microservice architectures is a big plus
• a DevOps mindset and experience with operations on AWS and/or Docker&Co.
• thorough understanding of design principles (reactive, event sourcing, CQRS, …)
• solid know-how of scalable database systems (NoSQL)
• willingness to think and code full-stack
• a strong passion for software-craftsmanship (TDD,ATDD, BDD)

Additional Information

You will be part of a cross-functional, fully-empowered, self-organized team.

We strongly believe in agile principles, value fast learning cycles and trust in continuous improvement. Expecting the same from you.