Staff Engineer Backend (all genders) | Berlin, hybrid or remote

Responsibilities

• As Staff Engineer you are a driver for technical discussions and decision-making within your team and the teams around you by focusing on customer impact and technical quality
• You contribute strategically to the development of technical solutions that address complex business challenges, identifying areas of uncertainty while driving projects forward with simple and maintainable code
• Collaboration is central to your role - you regularly exchange with other Staff Engineers on the overarching architecture of our tech stack
• You are a trusted point of contact for our product managers, providing both feedback and technical input on the user stories therefore help us build an outstanding product
• You see yourself as a mentor who uncovers the strengths of the engineering members and you will empower them through regular feedback as well as mutual learning such as pair programming
• You take ownership of the entire development cycle from proof of concept to go-live and always support your team to break projects down into manageable steps as well as being a resource for expert-level tech knowledge
• You are committed to staying up-to-date with current tech trends, while actively exploring and implementing relevant new technologies. You constantly improve quality by following established engineering best practices and ensuring high observability of services

Skills

• You are a very experienced staff-level engineer with strong expertise in Ruby and an interest in Golang, eager to tackle backend challenges while also collaborating with frontend engineers across the full stack.
• You focus on sustainable solutions that remain easy to understand as well as scalable in the long term and strive for continuous improvement
• You are enthusiastic and think both responsibly and pragmatically and distinguish with your positive and solution-oriented attitude when taking on challenges
• You strive to improve, whether this is about the code, the team, or yourself, and therefore communicate as well as collaborate proactively
• You thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy mentoring, and are eager to share your knowledge with others. You value open feedback and actively contribute to our culture of learning and growth.

What we offer

About us

Aroundhome is a recommendation platform for house owners.

With a comprehensive range of information and services relating to their own home and a team of 300 employees, Aroundhome supports house owners who live in their own property in carrying out major investment projects relating to their own home - from selling and investing to maintaining and repairing their property.

Our mission: Your property is more than just a house. It is a home and a life project. Every change brings insecurities. Because every decision can be a wrong one - and expensive. We make it possible to make better decisions with good recommendations and to realize all large projects around the own home more stress-free. With orientation, individual advice and the mediation of suitable partners for all-round successful projects.

Aroundhome - Because it's their home.

Together with you, we want Aroundhome to develop into the one recommendation platform for house owners and are looking forward to welcoming you to our team.