Backend Engineer (m/f/x)

GRID eSports GmbH

BerlinRemote

Is this role a fit for you?

Upload your resume and see this job scored against your skills, experience, pay, and preferences — no account needed.

Are you passionate about building event-driven systems? Do you have a strong grasp of Kotlin or Go? Do you enjoy finding solutions for significantly impactful challenges? If the answers to the above questions are yes, then this role could be ideal for you! What you will do Build greenfield mission-critical services and expand the reliability of existing ones Help to shape GRID's technological landscape together with experienced colleagues Participate in architectural discussions, providing feedback to coworkers and ensuring good practices Work closely together with product stakeholders to communicate progress and considerations effectively Your skills will include (must have) Minimum of 3 years of commercial experience Deep knowledge of a strongly typed language (preferably Kotlin / Go) Explicit (nullable) types Strong, minimal contracts Helpful abstractions and class hierarchies / compositions (introduced at an appropriate time) Ambition to build robust, high-quality mission-critical systems, leveraging the power of: Automated testing Automated monitoring and alerting CI/CD infrastructure Know-how of good API design (preferably REST / GraphQL), paying attention to: Documentation Self-documenting naming and structures Minimal and extendable contracts (while minimizing breaking changes) Experience with GraphQL/REST APIs, micro-service architecture and container / orchestration systems (preferably Docker / Kubernetes), while bearing in mind: Complexity trade-offs Fault-tolerance design Knowledge of JIRA, Agile and Scrum Good communication skills, especially when working with remote teams Good attention to detail Being able to work CET time zone Nice to have Production experience with designing and maintaining GraphQL APIs. Knowledge of eSports and gaming. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced software startup that has incredible potential A passion for software engineering while writing clean, well-tested code Enthusiasm for working in a Lean, fully Agile environment Comfortable using AI tooling where necessary (ex. open code, github copilot, claude code) Knowledge of modern AI workflows What you can expect from GRID’s Engineering Team Impactful: With a robust CI/CD process, and a full suite of automated tests our engineers ship daily, allowing you to make impact on the product from day one with peace of mind Agile & Inclusively: We’ve developed our own kanban-based way of working that is constantly being improved and adapted by the self-organizing product-engineering teams. Opinions and ideas are valued from all Quality: Achieved by ensuring detailed stories and epics, high test coverage, a thorough code-review process, consciously taking on technical debt and an open culture of sharing opinions Organized: We strive for considered decisions, creating software that lasts. We document them in decision records, which any engineer in any team can drive Find Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow Tags: Engineering, bachelor's degree

Similar roles