Senior Fullstack Engineer - Monetization (all genders)

We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer - Monetization to join our Berlin office!

Your mission will be to change the future of language learning by ideating and validating a new space for Babbel. You will work in a small team, close to subject matter experts and researchers to bring this mission to reality.

You will:

• Deliver value iteratively by building high-quality applications and features
• Build, maintain, and take ownership of a rich ecosystem of applications and services
• Be part of a Monetization team and build end-to-end payment features
• Own architectural design and constantly propose improvements of the existing services
• Ensure that the systems you work on are reliable, efficient, and well-maintained
• Collaborate cross-functionally on feature design, architectural decisions, and assessing technical debt
• Shape our coding guidelines and quality standards
• Address and resolve operational events (bugs and incidents)
• Focus on continuous learning and improvement, and drive the evolution of our engineering practices
• Work in a small team and contribute & drive all phases of development
• Propose, implement, and validate solutions - from prototypes to potentially scaling them (or discarding them)
• Maintain a clear understanding of the overall technology stack and infrastructure

You are:

• A good communicator
• Comfortable with a backend heavy role with a reasonable amount of AWS and infrastructure
• Interested in solving problems for our learners

You have:

• Experience in fast Build-Measure-Learn cycles, with a solid understanding of good API design and third-party API integrations
• Proficient knowledge in JavaScript and TypeScript, along with experience in AWS, NoSQL databases, and component-based frontend frameworks (ideally React/NextJS)
• Strong skills in HTML and CSS, including preprocessors and CSS-in-JS, and testing at various levels (unit, integration, contract, and E2E)
• The ability to collaborate effectively with product and business stakeholders in a trust-based, supportive working environment
• A proactive approach to building MVPs, iterating in short cycles, and applying lean and agile practices
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with fluency in written and spoken English

Nice to have:

• Ideally: experience working in fintech / payments domain, even better if Stripe
• Knowledge of Monitoring and Observability in a distributed microservices environment (ideally DataDog, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, Rollbar)
• Experience in setting up CICD pipelines using tools like Github actions
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, ideally with Terraform

Please note that our company’s operating language is English, so you will need to be able to work in English.

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Set up the right schedule for you with flexible working hours and enjoy Jobbatical (up to 3 months working inside the EU and the UK), plus work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms.
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
• Be part of our DE&I Community Networks (such as FLINTA in Tech, and Queer Collective), attend cultural and regular social events.

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.