Backend Developer (all gender)

At Lime Connect, we're continuously evolving one of Europe's leading AI-powered customer communication platforms - and we're looking for a Python Developer (intermediate to senior) to help us take it further. From intelligent automation to real-time messaging, you'll play a key role in shaping a mature, stable product with new features, smarter AI tools and improved performance.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain our Django-based backend with a focus on scalability, maintainability and performance
• Design and implement new features across our Lime Connect AI platform and customer dashboard
• Build and improve AI-driven automation features - some already live, others built from scratch
• Extend the backend of our mobile app and ensure seamless platform integration
• Handle transaction management and complex APIs powering real-time communication
• Collaborate closely with Frontend, QA, DevOps, Design and Product - collaboration is core to how we build
• Actively contribute to improving our development processes, architecture and tooling

Our setup

Python · Django · Rust · PostgreSQL · CI/CD 16-person dev team · hybrid (3 days Cologne, 2 remote), * €600 annual health budget - for osteopathy, massages, glasses or medication

• 24/7 medical consultation, including for family members in your household
• Subsidised Urban Sports Club membership (€20 monthly contribution)
• Weekly mobility class in the office

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

• Learning budget for courses, books or conferences
• Access to Udemy, Masterclass and language learning apps
• Leadership programmes including "Next Gen" and "Effective Manager"
• Creative freedom, real trust and real responsibility from day one

TEAM & CULTURE

• Open communication, honest collaboration and a genuinely supportive atmosphere
• Weekly FIKA, Movie Nights, Book Club and regular get-togethers
• Team events in Cologne and at our international offices
• A culture that values performance and people equally

Do you have experience in Rust (programming language)?, * You write clean, maintainable Python code and have experience with Django or similar frameworks.

• You're used to working in API-driven environments and know your way around PostgreSQL.
• You enjoy solving real product problems and collaborating across design, frontend, and QA.
• You're independent, pragmatic, and care about building things that actually work well.
• You're comfortable communicating in English - written and spoken.

• Hybrid setup: 3 days in our Cologne office at MediaPark, 2 days remote
• 360° view over Cologne from the 14th floor
• EU Workation option
• Modern equipment, snacks, cereal bar and drinks in the office

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• Company pension scheme with Zurich including 30% employer contribution
• Job ticket or mobility budget - your choice
• 28 vacation days + Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve off
• Up to 5 extra vacation days through the Book Club
• Up to 5 special leave days for important life events
• Corporate benefits, free parking at MediaPark

We are lime connect - one of the top Software Scale-Ups in Cologne. Our mission is to personalize communication between customers and companies. Our leading customer messaging solution for customer service and sales combines web chat and mobile messaging. Renowned corporations as well as thousands of medium-sized companies rely on us and our Software as a Service (SaaS) to meet their customers at eye level. If you would like to influence the communication of the future with your work, then become part of our team! Our recruiting process: * A 30-minute video call with our recruiting. * A 60-minute technical video call with a teammate and your future team lead. * Depending on the position, a technical task including a joint discussion of the solutions. * A visit to the lime connect office (optional) to get an impression of how it feels to work at Userlike. * A final contract meeting. On average, our entire recruiting process takes 20 working days and you will receive the offer digitally within 48 hours.