Senior Ruby Backend Engineer

Aklamio is looking for a Senior Ruby Backend Engineer (must be located in Berlin) who will strengthen one of our Engineering teams and who will contribute heavily towards building our Incentive Platform. The Senior Engineer is an expert in Ruby / Rails, who has proven to use her/his skills to solve various problems. She/he is a very product-minded Engineer who excels in an empowered team.

What you’ll do

• Join one of our Engineering teams and develop and improve all our products, services, and sites around our SaaS Incentive Platform. You will report directly to your Team Lead.
• Take the lead on feature initiatives and be directly responsible for customer and business value. Do so by closely collaborating within your team and with different experts across the company.
• You care deeply about the technical health of the system owned by your team and are always driven to improve it.
• As a Senior Engineer in the team, you make use of your experience and guide your teammates to better outcomes when you see the opportunity.
• In collaboration with other teams like Data or DevOps, you work on improving our overall architecture and infrastructure.

What we are looking for

• At least 5 years of Backend Development Experience in Ruby / Rails.
• Technical excellence: In-depth knowledge of various programming languages, frameworks, and tools, including Ruby on Rails, React, Docker, Gitlab CI, Prometheus, Sentry, Logstash, Mysql, Redis, Kafka, and others, and experience in building complex modular systems with them.
• Problem Solver: You know how to keep your calm under pressure and come up with pragmatic solutions fast and in collaboration with others.
• Web Engineer: You have a good understanding of web technologies in general and know how to build secure and robust applications.
• Dealing with Legacy: You know how to handle and modernize a legacy system, especially, how to modularize a monolithic system.
• Product-minded Engineer: You are interested in driving initiatives from beginning to end, caring deeply about the value you will create.
• Communication Expert: You are able to discuss technical problems and solution options with your team and various experts, to synchronize with stakeholders, and find the right words in challenging situations.
• Agile Development experience working as part of agile development teams that frequently release with confidence. 
• Best Practices: You know how to test, deploy, use version control, linting, logging, and other related practices.

Who we are

Aklamio's Customer Incentives Platform enables leading enterprises worldwide to enrich their marketing with incentives to accelerate their growth. Founded in 2011, Aklamio has become Europe’s leading incentive marketing solution. More than 60 employees work for us in Berlin, London, or remotely.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race. We celebrate diversity and aim to create a supportive environment and an innovative workplace where our employees feel empowered and motivated to achieve great things.

Why join us

Besides our people, culture, and mission, these are additional benefits that make Aklamio a great place to work:

• Enjoy 30 days of paid vacation - we believe in balancing work with relaxation.
• Flexible Work Arrangements - remote work culture with one office attendance day per week and flexible working hours (open for part-time requests).
• Option to work remotely - up to 2 months per year from any EU country.
• Competitive compensation package - including performance-based bonuses.
• Company pension scheme - including employer contributions.
• Team engagement - connect with colleagues at regular team events, company celebrations, and internal workshops.
• Dynamic Work Environment - thrive in a high-impact setting with flat hierarchies, swift decision-making processes, and personal and professional development opportunities.

We recognize the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our team and are dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. We actively encourage disabled candidates to apply and assure them that we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to support their success throughout the application process and in their role within aklamio. We believe that diversity, including disability, enriches our workplace, contributes to our success, and creates a truly inclusive and vibrant culture.

Aklamio Person of Contact

Julia Ruisinger - Senior People & Culture Manager, Hr@aklamio.com

We’re looking forward to your application!