Job Description

About Staffbase

We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first

AI-native Employee Experience Platform

. Our

industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels

- intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.



Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 750+ employees supports 2,000+ customers—reaching over 16.4 million employees—in transforming their employee experience.

We are proud to be a

Unicorn

company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we're shaping the future of workplace communication.


As a Senior Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of our products and driving the development of scalable and robust backend/data systems. The ideal candidate will have experience with and interest in overall system architecture, be an expert in backend design, and bring some hands-on experience in data engineering and DevOps.



The building blocks of our team/company backend stack are: Go, Python, Kotlin, MongoDB, Kafka, Kubernetes, ClickHouse, and Dagster. If you do not know/do not have experience with some of these - we would still love to receive your application.

Our environment

Working with skilled and similar-minded professionals in a team that values diversity and inclusivity We aim to create a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well-being and work-life balance of our employees We believe that team events during working hours play a vital role in building an exceptionally effective team, and we encourage them We are enthusiastic about technology and committed to using it to improve the world We follow the "You build it, you run it" approach and take pride in it

What you'll be doing

Guide architectural discussions and contribute to the overall technical strategy of the team Lead by example: Take ownership of the topics you care about, ranging from the features you produce over the quality of our work to the environment we work in Responsible for improving and developing our RESTful web services and Data Platform Give and receive valuable feedback in our code review process and continuously learn and share knowledge with your peers Being open to feedback and taking ownership of your work is essential You work iteratively, frequently pushing code, maintaining an efficient CI/CD pipeline, and automating where possible Embrace "you build it, you run it": Take full ownership of your code beyond just pushing to the repository. This means monitoring deployments in production, building dashboards, configuring alerts, writing clear documentation, and owning your domain from the code all the way through to the Kubernetes namespace where it runs

What you need to be successful

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Passion about the things you build and want to make a difference You strive for knowledge-sharing and moving your team forward Experience in Go and Python Ideally, you have worked with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Docker before and have an understanding of Data Orchestration, REST and Microservices Preferably, you have worked in an agile environment before You value quality as well as clean code and learning new things Good English communication skills Understanding and appreciation of diversity and inclusivity in the workplace

What you'll get

Competitive Compensation- we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan) Flexibility- we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560 Growth Budget- all employees get a yearly budget for external training of €1000 and one day off for growth per year (increase to two days in 2nd year) Recharge- with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August Wellbeing- Monthly Wellbeing Allowance €35, from fitness to mental health, hobbies to relaxation Support*-we're offering a company pension scheme
Health- The offices are equipped with fruits, drinks and snacks and ergonomic workplaces Volunteers Day*- you'll get one day off per year for supporting a social project
Employee Referral Program* - one of your friends is a fit to one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid