Senior Back-end engineer (f/m/d)

We are .img - cloud-native publishing platform provider.

Have you heard about “Berliner Zeitung” or “Berliner Kurier”? Well, that’s us.

We support regional newspapers to meet the challenges of the digital age: facilitate reach, engagement, and monetization of journalistic content and integrate it with analytics and AI services (i.e.: tagging, voice synthesis, content generation).

Our solution – jOS (journalistic operating system) supports newspapers for over 3 years and we boldly look for many to come.

Oh, btw .img stands for unstoppable imagination.

Take responsibility for the growth the .jOS SaaS platform. As a Senior Back-end engineer you can contribute to the following areas:

• Usage of modern back-end technologies and related system architectures (e.g., micro-services, reactive programming, serverless)


• Working with AWS cloud to provide scalable solutions for millions of records and users


• Integration of third-party APIs and provisioning of outbound APIs for frontends and other consumers (e.g., crawlers) while optimizing for robustness and latency


• Work with DevOps processes focussing on a high degree of automation and quality (e.g., trunk-based development, infrastructure as code, multi-level test automation)


• Willingness to use, learn, and adapt our current tech stack, including node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB, Apache Kafka, Redis, AWS incl. ECS, Lambda, and CloudWatch

• 5 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on back-end technologies, ideally on top of a degree in computer science or a related field (e.g., mathematics, physics)


• In depth understanding of cloud based, distributed systems and ability to work with a complex custom codebase


• Experience with React.js, Next.js technology stacks


• Passion to understand business goals and user experiences behind software systems


• Collaborative approach to shared development with an ability to vocalize feedback and contributions to guide colleagues, and communicating with stakeholders


• Good knowledge of English; working understanding of German is a plus

• Hybrid work model


• Modern tech stack


• Contemporary company culture with a high degree of autonomy and trust, close collaboration within the team, and continuous professional development


• Modern office, with a view, in the centre of Berlin (Alexanderplatz) with all the usual amenities (e.g., laptop of your choice, height-adjustable desks, free coffee and drinks, team events, garage for bicycles)


• We are part of “Berliner Verlag” a successful, profitable publishing group, with 80 years of tradition

Please send your application documents, a possible start date, and your expected salary – we’re happy to address any potential questions and inquiries there as well. If all goes well, you’ll hear from us within the next few days to schedule an interview.