Senior Backend Engineer - Remote (f/m/x)

exmox GmbH; Remote; Vertraulich; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading Ad-Tech company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Germany to design and scale backend systems for their platform. The role requires over 5 years of experience, strong Python expertise, and familiarity with distributed systems. The successful candidate will mentor engineers and collaborate cross-functionally. The position offers 30 days of paid vacation, a substantial education budget, and the chance to work with a diverse team in a fully remote environment.

Leistungen

30 days of paid vacation

Annual education budget of €1,500

Workation opportunities

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with 2+ in a high-volume environment.
• Strong Python expertise with production experience in FastAPI or Flask.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

Aufgaben

• Design and scale backend systems for real-time decision-making.
• Build efficient APIs and services for internal and external teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to architecture reviews.

Kenntnisse

Python expertise

API design

Performance tuning

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Jobbeschreibung

Your mission

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in designing and scaling the systems that power our Ad-Tech platform including high-throughput tracking pipelines. You'll work alongside data scientists, product specialists, and frontend developers to drive measurable impact across millions of daily user interactions.

• Architect and build high-scale backend systems to power real-time decision-making, ad delivery, and performance tracking.
• Design efficient APIs and services that serve internal teams and external partners with low-latency and high reliability REST and GraphQL included.
• Work on data-intensive components, including event processing, attribution tracking, and campaign performance monitoring.
• Ensure high performance under load, applying profiling, caching strategies, and horizontal scaling to keep systems fast and reliable.
• Integrate with third-party platforms, including MMPs, and analytics tools, using RESTful APIs
• Contribute to containerized deployments and observability using Docker, Kubernetes, and modern monitoring stacks.
• Mentor and guide engineers through complex technical challenges, architecture reviews, and clean, scalable design.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and data teams to deliver features that directly influence campaign effectiveness and advertiser ROI.

Your profile

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with at least 2+ in a high-volume, data-rich environment (Ad-Tech preferred).
• Strong Python expertise, with production experience in FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks.
• Deep understanding of API design and backend system integration. Familiarity with both REST and GraphQL.
• Experience with distributed systems, queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and event-driven architectures.
• Strong performance tuning and scaling skills, especially in latency-sensitive systems.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, and a solid grasp of cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.
• Ad-Tech familiarity: Experience with ad serving logic, tracking systems, fraud prevention, or real-time bidding is a significant plus.
• Analytical mindset: You think in systems, solve problems holistically, and love optimizing for scale and efficiency.
• Strong communicator: Comfortable working across disciplines and articulating complex technical concepts in a business-aware context.

Why us?

• Work-Life Balance: 30 days of paid vacation.
• Professional Development: Annual education budget of €1,500.
• Workation Opportunities: Combine work and vacation annually.
• Diversity: Join an international team with diverse cultural backgrounds. Please note: This is a fully remote position, but requires working within a German or European time zone to ensure smooth collaboration with the team.