Product-Driven Backend Engineer, Hybrid (Berlin/Hamburg)

Rebel Recruiting; Germany (OH); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Rebel Recruiting is looking for a backend engineer to build scalable services in a Berlin or Hamburg hybrid setup. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating closely with Product, Design and Frontend teams to deliver customer value at speed.

You should have several years of Java (ideally Kotlin) experience, a passion for distributed systems, and an interest in AI-assisted software engineering. This role offers a hybrid Germany work model and a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience building backend applications in Java, ideally with Kotlin.
• Experience with distributed systems and designing scalable services.
• Ownership from discovery to production and accountability.
• Ability to balance MVP thinking with long-term maintainability.
• Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Design and Frontend teams.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services that deliver measurable product value.
• Own features from initial idea through implementation, testing and deployment.
• Understand interactions with the wider platform and make system-aware decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Frontend Engineering to balance value, quality and speed.
• Leverage AI engineering tools to accelerate learning, debugging and problem-solving.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Distributed Systems

Backend Development

Tools

Spring Boot

AI-assisted Software Engineering

Job description

Rebel Recruiting is looking for a backend engineer to build scalable services in a Berlin or Hamburg hybrid setup. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating closely with Product, Design and Frontend teams to deliver customer value at speed.

You should have several years of Java (ideally Kotlin) experience, a passion for distributed systems, and an interest in AI-assisted software engineering. This role offers a hybrid Germany work model and a competitive salary.