Backend Developer

Avomind GmbH is hiring!

Job Description

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a travel-tech company providing modern interlining and digital passenger experience solutions for airports and airlines. Based in the capital of Germany and backed by BEUMER Group, they are a retravel-tech company offering a suite of software products for the travel industry to enable passengers to connect seamlessly between any airline at any airport. Packed with exciting features, our client’s software and hardware solutions solve long-overdue passenger pain points, facilitating a new era of travel. Our team is a diverse group of like-minded individuals from 14 countries who have fun while working towards our goals. They enjoy cultural events, team outings, and celebrating our successes. They believe that learning never stops, and they help each other get better. You’ll get the autonomy, mentorship, and training you need to excel at your work.

YOUR MISSION

  • Design and implement state-of-the-art REST APIs while maintaining existing services.

  • Own your code and related dependencies, and maintain CI/CD and cloud infrastructure using the infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practice.

  • Write clean, readable, testable, and maintainable code that performs and scales.

  • Advocate for best practices and coding standards.

WHY OUR CLIENT?

  • Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

  • 27 days of vacation a year to start

  • Relocation assistance available (work permit)

  • Membership to gyms and sports clubs across Germany (Urban Sports Club)

  • Fresh fruit and treats in the office, a barista coffee bar, and a variety of teas

  • Competitive Salary

  • Development opportunities and ongoing training to help you reach your career goals

  • Additional perks include: Free crash course in German & summer & winter parties

Preferred Experience

Are you?

  • Inspired: You have a burning desire to do great things and to grow!

  • Thoughtful: You have a healthy sense of self and how your life impacts the world around you.

  • Skillful: You are dedicated to what you do. You love working on the edge of your comfort zone and embracing risk and failure head-on.

  • Unpretending: You are a healthy balance of confidence and humility! You understand that the more you know, the more you realize how much you do not know.

  • Ambitious: You have big goals. You also understand that a thousand miles start with one step. You plan, grow, prove, and achieve!

Do you also have these skills?

  • Strong desire to become a great Backend Engineer

  • Strong desire to communicate with people, understand people, and motivate people based on our Core Values and job requirements!

  • Understand that growth is superbly hard because it requires them to face deficiencies head-on. Growth requires tremendous strength!

  • Talented developer who can help them grow our product line.

  • 5+ years experience hand-on backend experience (team lead experience is a plus)

  • Solid knowledge of JavaScript and node.js

  • Knowledge and experience using various AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS, RDS.

  • Knowledge and experience using automated pipelines (Terraform, travis, cloud formation, jenkins)

  • Strong understanding of REST API standards and best practices.

  • Experience with graph databases (Neo4J and ArrangoDB) is a plus.

  • Highly self-motivated and have experience/interest in working in a start-up.

  • Fluent in English.

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Berlin
  • Possible full remote