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# Senior Backend Engineer - Ranking (all genders)

- **Company:** About You
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Computing Environment, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Node.Js, NoSQL, Cloud Services, Standard Sql, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Datadog, Data Logging, Large Language Models, Backend, Google Bigquery, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c0d37692b4c4ec90

## About the Role

* 5+ years experience in building scalable APIs (e.g. using node.js, Python or Go)
 * Practical & recent experience with a typed programming language (e.g. TypeScript)
 * Solid know how in working with SQL or No-SQL databases
 * You write well-structured, efficient and maintainable code and actively keep the quality of the code base in check
 * You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
 * You are used to working in an English-speaking and agile environment
 * You raise the bar of the software you work on
 * You enjoy being responsible for a product, owning it deeply and as well push for own improvement ideas to work on within the team

Nice to have

 * Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Datadog)
 * Hands-on experience with a cloud ecosystem (e.g. AWS, GCP) and integration with orchestration services (like Dagster or Airflow)
 * Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
 * Experience building Data Models using dbt
 * Experience of running data processing pipelines using distributed data processing frameworks
 * Hands-on Experience with Machine Learning Models or LLM-based systems is a plus

## Description

* Develop smart product-stream sortings incorporating user signals while utilizing NodeJS with TypeScript.
 * Manage extensive data volumes efficiently, employing Google BigQuery and integrating seamlessly with Business Intelligence systems and our data platform.
 * Build and enhance high-traffic APIs, ensuring minimal latencies.
 * Collaborate closely with seasoned engineers, product managers, data scientists, and analysts to enhance current functionalities and launch novel features.
 * Encouragement for innovative ideas and creations, a flat organizational structure, and rapid decision-making processes ensure ample room for contribution and growth.
 * Explore new technologies and methodologies, especially in the fields of machine learning and generative AI, We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.
Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.
What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and a fairer approach to fashion.


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