StaffSoftwareEngineer

Annapurna IT; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Mobility budget

Professional development budget

Office lunch

Gym membership

Zusammenfassung

Annapurna IT is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Berlin to lead major platform and product integration initiatives. This hands-on, architecture-driven role focuses on cross-team collaboration, ensuring scalable, event-driven solutions and AI-assisted practices.

You'll mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and shape the engineering roadmap while using Java/Kotlin on the JVM, and exploring Go/Node.js, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure in a dynamic, hybrid environment.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong JVM background with Java/Kotlin.
• Go or Node.js experience is a plus.
• Hands-on with event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kafka and API gateways.
• Proven ability to lead cross-team, platform-level initiatives.

Aufgaben

• Lead design and implementation of major platform and product integration initiatives.
• Drive technical direction and contribute to the engineering roadmap.
• Sponsor design documents and lead technical reviews.
• Set high standards for code quality, architecture and engineering practices.
• Mentor and influence senior engineers across the organisation.
• Design and operate distributed, event-driven systems.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering and promote its use across the team.

Kenntnisse

JVM (Java/Kotlin)

Full-stack React/Angular

Kafka

Event-driven systems

CQRS / Event sourcing

API gateway

Go / Node.js

Docker / Kubernetes

Azure

Distributed systems

Data modelling

Multi-team leadership

AI coding tools

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Jobbeschreibung

Staff Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Location: Berlin, Germany (Hybrid - up to 2 days remote per week)

Type: Permanent, Full-time

Language: Fluent English required (German a plus)

The Company

A fast-growing technology business combining the pace and innovation of a scale-up with the backing of major global organisations.

You’ll join an international engineering team building products and services with real-world impact, with a strong focus on modern technology, collaboration and technical excellence.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead significant platform and product integration initiatives.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role where you’ll shape architecture, drive cross-team technical decisions and raise engineering standards. You’ll also play a key role in advancing AI-assisted engineering practices and helping other engineers get the most from modern AI development tools.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the design and implementation of major platform and product integration initiatives
• Drive technical direction and contribute to the engineering roadmap
• Write and sponsor design documents and lead meaningful technical reviews
• Set high standards for code quality, architecture and engineering practices
• Mentor and influence senior engineers across the wider organisation
• Design and operate distributed, event-driven systems
• Apply patterns including CQRS, event sourcing and API gateways where appropriate
• Use strong architectural judgement to keep solutions pragmatic and avoid unnecessary complexity
• Identify database, performance and migration risks before they reach production
• Deliver production-ready, observable and maintainable code
• Lead substantive code reviews and identify genuine technical and design risks
• Drive complex, multi-team technical projects from design through to delivery
• Champion AI-assisted engineering and help build this capability across the team

What They’re Looking For

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Clear evidence of operating at Staff Engineer level with cross-team technical impact
• Strong experience leading significant platform-level technical work
• Strong JVM background, particularly Java and Kotlin
• Experience with Go or Node.js is beneficial
• Hands-on full-stack experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular
• Deep experience building and operating event-driven systems
• Strong production experience with Kafka
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, including idempotency, delivery guarantees, backpressure, partitioning and schema evolution
• Experience with CQRS and event sourcing, with the judgement to know when not to use them
• Experience with API gateway technologies and patterns
• Strong database knowledge across PostgreSQL and non-relational data stores
• Experience with data modelling, query performance and database migrations under load
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-team technical initiatives
• Strong experience using AI coding tools as part of your daily engineering workflow
• Comfortable with Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud experience, ideally Azure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with Flink or other stream-processing technologies
• Experience with Go or Node.js
• Azure experience
• German language skills
• Experience with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or similar platforms

Why Join?

• Work at the intersection of scale-up innovation and major enterprise backing
• Take ownership of significant platform-level technical challenges
• Have real influence over architecture and engineering standards
• Help shape how AI-assisted engineering is adopted across the organisation
• Work with an international, collaborative engineering team
• Personal development budget to support your growth
• Monthly mobility budget
• Subsidised gym membership and office lunch
• Up to 2 days working from home per week
• Regular offsites and team events
• Modern offices in Berlin and Munich
• Open, inclusive and collaborative culture