YOUR ROLE
We’re looking for a skilled Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (m/f/d) to join our team of creators constantly raising the bar on user and customer experiences. Working behind the scenes, the ideal candidate has a unique blend of technical expertise and insatiable curiosity. Do you have a desire to develop, document, and learn about highly distributed, event-sourced systems, code infrastructure the same way as applications, and be able to spawn the entire system on your laptop? If so, we should meet!
YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Developing awesome backend applications in mainly Java 15 as well as other potential languages
(like JavaScript and Go) for the infrastructure and network components
- Taking part in all steps of building distributed systems - planning, developing, deploying and maintaining
event-sourced, microservices oriented systems
- Improving and further developing the current deployment pipeline (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and infrastructure
(AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform)
- Maintaining, monitoring, and improving existing services, libraries, and infrastructure
- Writing code and tests, build prototypes, solve issues, profile and analyse bottlenecks
- Focusing on quality of code through proper testing and developer experience for other team members
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
The ideal candidate will have proven experience in Backend, preferably in a technology company and/or in the healthcare industry, and be a creative thinker who thrives on owning the process from start to finish. Additionally, the candidate will
have:
- Experience implementing or designing highload, event-sourced or event streaming system preferably within
a healthtech, insurtech or fintech company
- Strong experience developing modern Java applications and deploying them in public clouds with full awareness
of the infrastructure behind
- Strong experience with system monitoring
- Strong experience with Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google cloud, etc)
- Exposure to Devops environments
- Deep knowledge of one of the following topics: Kafka, Reactive programming, Kubernetes
- Fluency in testing strategies involving container environment
- Desire to document new ideas and complex flows with great detail level
- Growth mindset, challenging status quo to find new solutions and out-of-the-box ideas
- Fluency in English
- Valid working visa/permit for Germany
OUR OFFER
- Latest tech stack, including Spring Boot reactive applications using Java 15, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, automated deployment process and the highest security standards in code and processes. You can have a look at our Tech Radar here https://radar.vivy.com/
- 28 days of vacation days, the number of vacation days increases year by year of being with the company
- Possibility to work remotely from abroad (14 days)
- Open and international working environment: Vivy stands for diversity - work in an international team with colleagues
from more than 30 nations
- Opportunity to shape a product that will enhance the life of millions of people worldwide
- Career development: Digital learning budgets, mentoring programs and training sessions give employees the opportunity for personal and professional development. In addition, various social networks offer employees a wide range of support
and development opportunities within our company
- Employee discounts: Vivy employees benefit from various employee discounts such as Allianz insurance policies and
Allianz pension scheme
- Possibility to participate in the Allianz Employee Stock Purchase
- Competitive compensation and a permanent employment contract
- You will be working with the latest technology along with an agile environment to work as efficiently as possible
(e.g. brand-new Mac or Windows Laptop, screens, etc.; ergonomic chairs and standing desks)
- Mental Health Program: You have access to the OpenUp platform which offers 1-on-1 sessions with psychologists and mindfulness seminars with licensed mental health professionals in up to 11 languages
- Learn German via our subsidized language-learning platform and weekly German lunches
- With countless opportunities for team bonding such as regular team events, special events and parties in winter and in summer, you will be able to strengthen team spirit as well as the professional development of your department
- Flat hierarchies with a high degree of freedom and responsibility
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working model. You will work in a newly designed office in Berlin Mitte with great coffee, soft drinks and fresh fruits.
To all recruitment agencies: Vivy does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Vivy employees or any other venture in our ecosystem. Vivy is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Vivy is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We #EmbraceUniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level or race.
About us
Vivy’s mission is to build the leading digital health platform for personalized interaction towards better health. We connect people to the services they need to manage and improve their health. Vivy is based in Berlin/Germany, backed by Allianz (the world’s largest health insurer), we are shaping the future of healthcare.
