(Senior) Full-Stack Engineer [TypeScript - Prototyping]

Orcrist Technologies GmbH; United States; Remote; USD 73,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly Germany-wide

Home-office budget

30 days vacation

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Orcrist Technologies GmbH is seeking a senior Full-Stack Engineer to prototype end-to-end features in a fast-paced innovation team. You\'ll build thin vertical slices using React/Next.js, Node APIs, and data integrations, then package work for handoff to delivery teams.

You\'ll collaborate with PM and Design, work in a remote-first, Germany-wide setup with flexible hours, a home-office budget, and 30 days of vacation, helping shape product direction for public safety and mission-critical data

Qualifications

• 3+ years building production web applications and APIs in TypeScript (React/Next.js + Node)
• Strong product-engineering instincts to scope 1-3 week prototypes
• Practical API and data-layer skills (PostgreSQL)
• Comfortable in Kubernetes/GitOps environments with good engineering hygiene

Responsibilities

• Prototype thin vertical slices across React/Next.js UI, Node.js APIs, and data integrations
• Collaborate with PM & Design in time-boxed discovery cycles and demo often
• Align prototypes with shared primitives: feature flags, auth, auditability, multitenancy, observability
• Integrate workflows touching streaming/orchestration (Kafka/Temporal) and partner with Data/ML engineers
• Ship an adoption package: docs, interfaces, schemas, and an integration backlog

Skills

TypeScript

React/Next.js

Node.js

API development

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

GitOps

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Temporal

OpenSearch

Kubernetes

Job description

Location: Germany

Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We\'re handling petabyte-scale data with sub-second queries. Our product is a Kubernetes-based platform delivered as B2B SaaS or as a self-hosted on-prem solution, including air-gapped deployments. We enable customers across defense, law enforcement, and enterprise to turn mission-critical data into actionable intelligence.

Role

Build validated prototypes-not throwaway demos. As a Full-Stack Engineer on Innovation, you'll ship thin vertical slices end-to-end (UI + APIs + data integrations), then package your work so a delivery team can productize it confidently.

What you'll do

• Prototype thin vertical slices across React/Next.js UI, Node.js APIs, and supporting storage/search integrations.
• Collaborate with PM & Design in time-boxed discovery cycles: iterate quickly, demo often, and validate assumptions.
• Align prototypes with shared primitives and standards: feature flags, auth flows, auditability, multitenancy assumptions, and basic observability.
• Integrate workflows touching streaming/orchestration (Kafka/Temporal) and partner with Data/ML engineers when needed.
• Ship an adoption package: documentation, interfaces, schemas, and an integration backlog that reduces handoff friction.

About you

• 3+ years building production web applications and APIs in TypeScript (React/Next.js + Node).
• Strong product-engineering instincts: you can turn ambiguity into a tight 1-3 week prototype scope.
• Practical API and data-layer skills (PostgreSQL; comfortable integrating search when needed).
• Comfortable working in Kubernetes/GitOps environments and maintaining good engineering hygiene (tests, CI, docs).
• Security-conscious: you treat access control, privacy/PII handling, and audit expectations as part of "done.".
• Eligible to work in Germany; EU/NATO citizenship preferred for export-controlled projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Real-time UI experience (WebSockets/WebRTC, collaborative editing, CRDT/OT).
• Complex visualization experience (graph/geospatial UX; Cytoscape/D3/Mapbox/Cesium).
• Some Python comfort for quick data/ML integration.
• German language (B1+) and/or experience with regulated or mission-critical systems.

What we offer

• Modern stack: TypeScript/React, Node, Go, Kafka/Temporal, Postgres/OpenSearch, Kubernetes.
• High-impact work: your prototypes shape what becomes product across multiple delivery teams.
• Remote-first, Germany-wide: Work from wherever you do your best work, with regular team gatherings in Berlin and other off-site locations.
• Flexibility by default: Flexible working hours help you make work fit your life.
• Your setup, your way: Get a personal home-office equipment budget to create a workspace that works for you.
• 30 days of vacation:Take the time you need to recharge and come back with fresh energy.
• Keep growing: We invest in your personal and professional development.
• Get rewarded for impact: Performance bonuses are tied to agreed objectives and key results.
• A warm welcome: Every new team member gets a welcome goodie bag.
• Good people, good times: From summer and Christmas parties to regular team gatherings, we make time to celebrate together.
• A mission that matters: Work on challenges with tangible impact on public safety and national security.