Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Düsseldorf, Germany

United States Digital Space LLC; Düsseldorf; Vor Ort; EUR 26.304 - 105.217; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. You will help design clear, reliable APIs and scalable systems that power our product across platforms.

You will collaborate with product teams to scope projects, optimize for speed, and ship Kotlin-based backend and SDK components, while balancing product and infrastructure considerations in a fast-growing, remote-friendly startup.

Qualifikationen

• End-to-end design and systems thinking to optimize complex platforms.
• Ability to move fast and decide what can ship now.
• Ability to work in a high-growth, remote team with focus.
• Collaborative skills with designers, marketers, and PMs.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with Product Teams to scope projects and deliver solutions via cross-platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality for faster loading and smarter parsing by designing efficient abstractions.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

Kenntnisse

Systems thinking

Speed

Focus

Collaboration

Tools

Kotlin Multiplatform

GCP

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This team builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs that power the company's product experience across platforms. It's a critical role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of product and infrastructure, thinks strategically, and is passionate about designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance the user experience.

What You'll Do

Collaborate with the company's Product Teams to scope projects, find ways to reduce scope to get faster feedback from customers, navigate the integration/UX tradeoffs relevant to different product teams, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK.

Optimize existing functionality to ship things like faster loading and more intelligent parsing by designing more efficient abstractions and improving our algorithms.

Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Systems thinking. You know that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design, and you believe simplicity is valuable.
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and options and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time.
• Focus. We're a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down.
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs.

Preferred Tech Stack

• Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is OK but role is Kotlin Multiplatform)
• Prior experience with GCP is a plus

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial‑minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands‑off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid‑back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life‑changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

The Germany Based Salary range for this role is: 30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The company is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.