Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure (Leadership Track) (m/w/d)
Location: Germany
Department: External - Commercial
Workplace: remote
Description
About our client
Our client is an established German software company and the team behind a platform built to digitally manage and control complex logistics processes.
Our client's software empowers logistics and transport companies to take control of their operations, reducing complexity, cutting costs, and delivering measurable results for their customers.
With a modern Java backend and AWS cloud infrastructure, our client's engineering team works collaboratively and has a real say in architectural and technology decisions.
The Role
As a Backend Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure (Leadership Track), you'll work on the core backend systems of our client's platform and actively contribute to architectural and cloud-related topics.
This role is intentionally designed as a development path with growing technical responsibility. You'll work closely with our client's technical leadership, gain deep insight into architecture, infrastructure, and product decisions — and grow into a key technical role within the company over time.
Alongside backend development, you'll progressively take on more ownership in areas such as:
- Technical architecture
- Technical coordination within the team
- Cloud and infrastructure decisions
- Technical roadmapLong-term, there is a clear path towards a leading role in the engineering team.
What You’ll Work On
Backend Development
- Design, build, and evolve backend components, APIs, and services for our client's platform
- Work with Java-based backend systems
- Integrate databases and external systems
- Ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability across the codebase
Architecture & Cloud
- Contribute to shaping our client's software architecture
- Support the expansion of our client's AWS cloud infrastructure
- Help evolve our client's DevOps processes
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and automation
Technical Ownership
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
- Evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and tools
- Help prepare and drive technical decisions
- Analyze technical challenges with a focus on pragmatic, effective solutions
AI-Assisted Development
- Actively use modern AI tools in the development process (e.g. Copilot, Claude, or similar)
- Help shape efficient AI-assisted development workflows across the team
Requirements
About You
Must Haves
- Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or a comparable qualification, or equivalent practical experience
- 4–6 years of experience in backend development with Java
- Solid experience with REST APIs, relational databases, and backend system architecture
- Interest in software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices (CI/CD, containerization, Infrastructure as Code)
- Structured approach to work with the ability to think holistically about technical topics
- Fast learner, comfortable picking up new technologies, domains, and problem spaces quickly
- Solution-oriented mindset with a feel for pragmatic, commercially sound decisions
- Strong communication skills in both German and English
- Genuine motivation to grow professionally and take on increasing responsibility
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with AWS
- Experience with Linux-based operating systems
- Familiarity with monitoring stacks
- Understanding of software architecture patterns
- Experience coordinating technical projects or teams
- Experience integrating AI/ML into development workflows or software products (e.g. LLM APIs, AI agents, prompt engineering)
Benefits
What our client offers
- Clear path to Technical Lead / Engineering Leadership: this role is built for growth, not a ceiling
- Direct collaboration with technical leadership: learn from and work alongside experienced engineers from day one
- Real architectural influence: your opinions on technology and design decisions genuinely matter
- Established product, long-term vision: work on a proven SaaS platform with a stable foundation and an ambitious roadmap
- Modern cloud tech stack: AWS-based infrastructure with cutting-edge AI tools integrated into daily workflows
- Flat hierarchies & fast decisions: no bureaucracy, no waiting weeks for approvals
- Flexible working: remote-first with hybrid options, designed around how you work best
- Competitive compensation: attractive salary package commensurate with your experience
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